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Vol. 24, No. 2. Pp. 95–112

Adyghe Int. Sci. J. Vol. 24, No. 2. Pp. 95–112. 

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2024-24-2-95-112
EDN: PWCQPW

ECOLOGY

UDK 581.9; 581.527.7; 632.51 Original Article

Factors of altitudinal distribution of alien plant species

in the mountains of the Russian Caucasus

Rustam Hatalievich Pshegusov
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Laboratory of the Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories A. K. Tembotov’s Russian Academy of Sciences (37a I. Armand str., Nalchik, 360051, Kabardino-Balkar Republic), p_rustem@inbox.ru
Victoria Alexandrovna Chadaeva
Doctor of Biological Sciences, head. Laboratory of Geobota\-nical Research of the Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories A. K. Tembotov’s Russian Academy of Sciences (37a I. Armand str., Nalchik, 360051, Kabardino-Balkar Republic), https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-1395, v_chadaeva@mail.ru

Abstract. Using mathematical modelling methods of Earth remote sensing data, the main factors of distribution of the nine most high-altitude alien plant species near the upper altitudinal boundaries in mountain ecosystems of the Russian Caucasus were identified. Among them – the amount of precipitation in the warmest quarter (not less than 260–360 mm), the amount of precipitation in some summer months (not less than 80–90 mm), the remoteness of plant growing sites from the road and trail network and water bodies.

Keywords: alien plant species, upper altitudinal limits of distribution, belt variant, Caucasus, Maxent.

Funding. The research was carried out within the framework of state assignment No. 075-00347-19-00 on the theme “Regularities of spatial and temporal dynamics of meadow and forest ecosystems in mountainous areas (Russian Western and Central Caucasus)”.

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. Pshegusov R. H., Chadaeva V. A. Factors of altitudinal distribution of alien plant species in the mountains of the Russian Caucasus. Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2024. Vol. 24, No. 2. Pp. 95–112.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2024-24-2-95-112; EDN: PWCQPW

Submitted 10.05.2024; approved after reviewing 30.05.2024; accepted for publication 30.05.2024.

© Pshegusov R. H., Chadaeva V. A., 2024

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