CARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ALLERGENIC PLANTS DISTRIBUTION IN RUSSIA
Abstract
By the end of the XXth century allergy became one of the most widespread diseases in the industrial countries. One of the causes of allergy is plant pollen. The allergy to pollen, or pollinosis, is the disease of one in four inhabitants of our planet. The distribution of allergenic plants inRussiais rather poorly studied. We selected for the analysis 119 allergenic species which are really hazardous for allergy sufferers, i.e. the most widespread or producing the largest amount of pollen. A series of maps was compiled to show the distribution of the species. The analysis revealed the principal regularities of allergenic plants distribution inRussia. TheRyazanoblast is the most dangerous region ofRussiaduring spring and in summer it is theVoronezhoblast. In spring the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and the Magadan oblast are the least dangerous, while the latter is the least dangerous in summer as well. The maps could be a reference source for allergologists and allergy sufferers.
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Supporting agencies: Russian Geographical Society and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No 13-05-41165)
About the Authors
T. V. Dikareva
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Biogeography
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Biogeography
V. Yu. Rumiantsev
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Biogeography
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Biogeography
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Dikareva T.V., Rumiantsev V.Yu. CARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF ALLERGENIC PLANTS DISTRIBUTION IN RUSSIA. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2015;(6):34-40. (In Russ.)
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