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Eurasian steppe is one of the largest vegetation types in Eurasia, starting from China, South Siberia, and Kazakhstan in the east, entering Eastern Europe through Central and West Asia, extending to Hungary and Romania in the west (Zhu et al., 2018; Nowak et al., 2016; Werger & van Staalduinen, 2012), covering a temperate arid and semi-arid region of large area which is one of the richest vegetation types in the flora of low elevation and montane regions (Willner et al., 2017; Dengler et al., 2014). In addition, a series of ecological problems have occurred to varying degrees over large areas of the Eurasian steppe since the beginning of the twentieth century (Werger & van Staalduinen, 2012; Miehe et al., 2011; Borchardt et al., 2011; Nowak et al., 2016), Studies in Germany and the Netherlands have mainly focused on the montane areas of the Kent Range, the Gobi and Khustan-Nuru regions of southern Mongolia in Mongolia, without comprehensive coverage of the steppe vegetation of the Mongolian plateau (Hilbig & Knapp, 1983; Vries et al., 1996; Hilbig, 1987). Located in Inner Mongolia in northeastern China, the Hulun Buir Steppe, as part of the Eurasian steppe, has been relatively undisturbed historically; as a result, it is rich in biodiversity and has well-preserved primary vegetation (Du et al., 2012; He et al., 2007).
River through Hulun Buir steppe: Mozhigrad River. (Photo by Baizhu Wang)
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Yang, X., Zhu, Y., Wang, B., Liu, Y. (2022). Hulun Buir Steppe Floristic Features and Vegetation Classification. In: Atlas of Rangeland Plants in Hulun Buir. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07277-2_1
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