Mapping of plant communities with the relict species Caragana jubata in the southern Baikal region
https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0579-9414-5-2022-6-149-156
Abstract
An analytical phytoecological map of plant communities with various probable participation of a rare relict species Caragana jubata (Pall.) Poir. in the southern Baikal region has been compiled at scale 1:550 000. The original field material was taken as a basis, i. e. the locations with known projective cover (%) of C. jubata within biocenoses. The map is the result of a regression model. It was compiled using the data of Shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) and Landsat-8 summer images (NASA, USGS) covering the study area. The map legend is based on the genetic-geographical classification of vegetation used in the legend of the map “Vegetation of the south of Eastern Siberia”. The map revealed possible distribution of communities with different participation of C. jubata in the southern Baikal region which depends on the ecological conditions of mountain slopes within different altitudinal belts. Suitable habitats for C. jubata are steep (up to 25–30°) rocky slopes in the mountain-taiga and high-mountain belts. The species forms its own communities in the subalpine belt; Dasiphora tenuifolia, Betula fruticosa, Carex pediformis are the most typically plants growing with C. jubata. The highest concentration of rare communities with C. jubata is within high mountains (1800–2000 m above sea level), thus proving the mountainous nature of the relic species. The projective cover of the species in the composition of plant communities decreases while the absolute heights become lower. The map was conveyed to the Tunkinsky National Park and could be a basis for diverse research in the field of conservation of rare plant species and rare plant communities in the region.
Keywords
rare plant species,
phytoecological map,
regression model,
environmental monitoring,
protection of rare phytocenoses
Supporting agencies: The authors are grateful to S.A. Holboeva, Associate Professor of the Department of Botany, Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University, and to the staff of the Tunkin National Park for their assistance in the organization of field work.
About the Authors
A. G. Churiulina
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Biogeography
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Geography
M. V. Bocharnikov
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Biogeography
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Associate professor, Ph.D. in Geography
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Churiulina A.G., Bocharnikov M.V. Mapping of plant communities with the relict species Caragana jubata in the southern Baikal region. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2022;(6):149-156. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU0579-9414-5-2022-6-149-156
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