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Vol. 24, No. 2. Pp. 85–94

Adyghe Int. Sci. J. Vol. 24, No. 2. Pp. 85–94. 

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2024-24-2-85-94
EDN: QRMVPJ

ECOLOGY

UDK 581.55 Original Article

What is a subalpine belt in the Caucasus?

Vladimir Gertrudovich Onipchenko
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Leninskiye gory 1–12, Moscow, 119234, Russia), Teberda State Natural Biosphere Reserve (Badukskij per. 1, Teberda, 369210, Russia), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-3112, vonipchenko@mail.ru
Sofia Dmitrievna Varybok
student of the Department of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (119991, Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1-12)
Asem Aliyakparovna Akhmetzhanova
Senior Researcher, Department of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Leninskiye gory 1–12, Moscow, 119234, Russia), assemok@mail.ru

Abstract. Approaches to the delineation of the alpine and subalpine belts in the Caucasus are considered. It is shown that the main difference between the alpine and subalpine belts in the Greater Caucasus is associated with communities of negative mesorelief elements: in the alpine belt these are low-productive alpine carpets, and in the subalpine belt – productive tall grasses. During the ascent from the subalpine to the alpine belt, the maximum production of communities shifts from hollows in the subalpine belt to the lower parts of slopes (geranium-hemlock meadows) in the alpine belt.

Keywords: alpine carpets, subalpine highlands, highland steppes, subalpine belt, alpine belt.

Funding. The work was not carried out within the framework of funds.

Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.

Contribution and Responsibility. All authors contributed to this article. Authors are solely responsible for providing the final version of the article in print. The final version of the manuscript was approved by all authors.

For citation. Onipchenko V. G., Varybok S. D., Akhmetzhanova A. A. What is a subalpine belt in the Caucasus? Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2024. Vol. 24, No. 2. Pp. 85–94.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2024-24-2-85-94; EDN: QRMVPJ

Submitted 12.03.2024; approved after reviewing 29.03.2024; accepted for publication 29.03.2024.

© Onipchenko V. G., Varybok S. D., Akhmetzhanova A. A., 2024

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