Species richness of plant communities in continental Asia along the aridity gradient

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The relationship between the species richness of plant communities and the aridity was analyzed using a formalized analysis of 12 300 georeferenced geobotanical descriptions. A correlation was identified between these indicators. At Thornthwaite index values of 45–50, the highest species richness of phytocenoses is observed, which manifests in the southern part of the forest zone and the lower part of the mountain forest belt, where rich communities with complex vertical structures form.

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A. Yu. Korolyuk

Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS; Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk; China 830011 Urumqi

I. S. Chupina

Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk

Yuanye Liang

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
b, c, d China 830011 Urumqi; China 100049 Beijing; China 830011 Urumqi

A. A. Zverev

Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS; National Research Tomsk State University; Sakhalin State University

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk; Russia 634050 Tomsk; Russia 693000 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

E. G. Zibzeev

Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk

E. K. Sinkovsky

Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk

N. A. Dulepova

Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk

Lianlian Fan

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
China 830011 Urumqi; China 100049 Beijing; China 830011 Urumqi

Xuexi Ma

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
China 830011 Urumqi; China 100049 Beijing; China 830011 Urumqi

Yaoming Li

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: akorolyuk@rambler.ru
China 830011 Urumqi; China 100049 Beijing; China 830011 Urumqi

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