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Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia
. Ed(S): Gunin, Peter D.; Vostokova, Elizabeth A.; Dorofeyuk, Nadezhda I.; Tarasov, Pavel E.; Black, Clanton C.
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Description for Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia
Paperback. Editor(s): Gunin, Peter D.; Vostokova, Elizabeth A.; Dorofeyuk, Nadezhda I.; Tarasov, Pavel E.; Black, Clanton C. Series: Geobotany. Num Pages: 240 pages, 85 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; RBK; RBP; RNK; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 629.
Mongolia is an expansive land-locked country, tilted by tectonic forces to the North, that experiences extremes of continental climate. Moisture-carrying wind currents are scarce so that the land has extended highs and lows in its environment. Culturally the people are mostly nomadic, having been sustained for centuries by an economy based on domestic livestock grazing. There is a saying that, `As the noses go, so goes Mongolia', referring to the domesticated grazing noses of sheep, goats, camels, yaks or horses, and wild ungulates such as gazelles. The vast fenceless steppes of Mongolia ... Read more
Mongolia is an expansive land-locked country, tilted by tectonic forces to the North, that experiences extremes of continental climate. Moisture-carrying wind currents are scarce so that the land has extended highs and lows in its environment. Culturally the people are mostly nomadic, having been sustained for centuries by an economy based on domestic livestock grazing. There is a saying that, `As the noses go, so goes Mongolia', referring to the domesticated grazing noses of sheep, goats, camels, yaks or horses, and wild ungulates such as gazelles. The vast fenceless steppes of Mongolia ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Geobotany
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048151745
SKU
V9789048151745
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Reviews for Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia
`...clearly an important and significant work... should provide a stimulus for further work on Mongolian vegetation across all timescales. It is required reading for anyone contemplating work in the region.' The Holocene, 10 (2000)