Journal articles: 'Mountain plants'

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Canavan, Kim, Susan Canavan, Vincent Ralph Clark, Onalenna Gwate, David Mark Richardson, Guy Frederick Sutton, and Grant Douglas Martin. "The Alien Plants That Threaten South Africa’s Mountain Ecosystems." Land 10, no. 12 (December 16, 2021): 1393. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10121393.

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The six major mountain ranges in South Africa support critically important ecosystem services—notably water production—and are rich in biodiversity and endemism. These mountains are threatened by detrimental land uses, unsustainable use of natural resources, climate change, and invasive alien plants. Invasive alien plants pose substantial and rapidly increasing problems in mountainous areas worldwide. However, little is known about the extent of plant invasions in the mountains of South Africa. This study assessed the status of alien plants in South African mountains by determining sampling efforts, species compositions and abundances across the six ranges in lower-and higher-elevation areas. Species occurrence records were obtained from three databases that used various approaches (roadside surveys, citizen science observations, focused botanical surveys). Most mountain ranges were found to be undersampled, and species composition assessments were only possible for two ranges. The majority of abundant alien plants in both the lower- and higher-elevation areas were species with broad ecological tolerances and characterised by long distance seed dispersal. These prevalent species were mostly woody plants—particularly tree species in the genera Acacia, Pinus, and Prosopis—that are contributing to the trend of woody plant encroachment across South African mountains. We suggest improved mountain-specific surveys to create a database which could be used to develop management strategies appropriate for each mountain range.

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Beckett, Kenneth A. "SOME HAWAIIAN MOUNTAIN PLANTS." Curtis's Botanical Magazine 5, no. 2 (May 1988): 82–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.1988.tb00122.x.

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Yudin, Sergey I. "Paeonia anomala L. from Altai in Kirovsk (Murmansk Region)." Transactions of the Kоla Science Centre. Series: Natural Sciences and Humanities 3, no. 1/2024 (May 29, 2024): 40–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.37614/2949-1185.2024.3.1.006.

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The results of comparison study of two ecotypes (foothills and high mountain) of Paeonia anomala L. the most typical for the Mountain Altai in Kirovsk (Murmansk region) are presented. It has been stated that while introduced in PABGI, this plants pass complete cycle of growth and development, bear fruit. The findings of investigations processed indicate a good adaptation of this species. The special features of seasons rhythm, ontogenesis of plants, germination of seeds of these ecotypes under the conditions of culture were found. The comparative study feature of growth conditions in situ and ex situ, season rhythms, ontogenesis of plants this ecotypes, gave the possibility to determine optimal conditions for growing that plants under introduction in Khibiny mountains of the Kola peninsula. The findings of investigations processed indicate a good adaptation of the plants of high mountains ecotypes in Kola North. The recommendations on the reproduction and cultivation that plants are given.

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Holmgren, Noel H., and Ruth Ashton Nelson. "Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants." Brittonia 46, no. 3 (July 1994): 224. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2807236.

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Grabherr, Georg, Michael Gottfried, and Harald Pauli. "Climate effects on mountain plants." Nature 369, no. 6480 (June 1994): 448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/369448a0.

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Santoandré, Santiago, Carolina Samanta Ramos, Pablo Picca, and Julieta Filloy. "Taxon-dependent diversity response along a temperate elevation gradient covered by grassland." PeerJ 12 (June 21, 2024): e17375. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17375.

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Elevational gradients constitute excellent systems for understanding the mechanisms that generate and maintain global biodiversity patterns. Climatic gradients associated with elevation show strong influence on species distribution in mountains. The study of mountains covered by the same habitat type is an ideal scenario to compare alternatives to the energy hypotheses. Our aim was to investigate how changes in climatic conditions along the elevational gradient drive α- and β-diversity of four taxa in a mountain system located within a grassland biome. We sampled ants, spiders, birds and plants, and measured climatic variables at six elevational bands (with 10 sampling sites each) established between 470 and 1,000 masl on a mountain from the Ventania Mountain System, Argentina. Species richness per site and β-diversity (turnover and nestedness) between the lowest band and upper sites were estimated. For most taxa, species richness declined at high elevations and energy, through temperature, was the major driver of species richness for ants, plants and birds, prevailing over productivity and water availability. The major β-diversity component was turnover for plants, spiders and birds, and nestedness for ants. The unique environmental conditions of the upper bands could favour the occurrence of specialist and endemic species.

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Koroleva, N. E., and A. D. Danilova. "The origin of the mountain (goltzy) deserts of the European Arctic: A review of theories ." Herald of Kola Science Centre of the RAS 12, no. 4/2020 (December 28, 2020): 13–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.37614/2307-5228.2020.12.4.002.

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The main theories of origin of the European Arctic tundra and subarctic mountain(goltzy)deserts are reviewed, in application to the Kola Peninsula. The theory of «tabula rasa» stated that all plants died during glaciation, and then immigrated fromtheCentral Europe, Siberia, and British Isles. According to another theory, during several Pleistocene glaciations, plants survived in ice-free refugia. Modern bota-ny point of views supports post-glacial migration of species and rather «tabula rasa»theory. The border of the timberline moving up inthe Holocene thermal optimum did not affect the subarctic mountain de-serts, unlike the tundra zone. Based on this, the evolution of the high mountain deserts vegetation probably meant the establishment of groups of species that differ from modern communities of the lower disposed tundra zone. Many types of mountain tundra vegetation, apparently, came from the mountains of North-East Azia; however, many species have been originated from the forest communi-ties. The subarctic mountain deserts have apparently not changed since the retreat of the glacier.

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Woods, Bryant, and Tad Weaver. "Exotic Plants of Northern Rocky Mountain Environmental Zones." UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports 9 (January 1, 1985): 103–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.13001/uwnpsrc.1985.2507.

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The Rocky Mountain exotic plant project is designed to determine (1) what exotics are capable of invading disturbed sites in major vegetational (environmental) zones of the Northern Rocky Mountains and (2) whether they are capable of invading near-climax closed vegetation in these zones. As an accessory activity we are determining (3) what natives are invading the same disturbed zones since we hope to find, among them, species likely to be successful on these sites and therefore species that might competitively exclude exotic invaders. A second accessory project of interest to managers, but with less immediate scientific value, was designed to (4) record the present distribution of major weeds along roadsides of Grand Teton National Park as they were recorded in Glacier during 1983-84.

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Yudin, S. I. "To the creation of the exhibition of Altai flora in the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden." Bulletin of the State Nikitsky Botanical Gardens, no. 137 (December 31, 2020): 84–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.36305/0513-1634-2020-137-84-93.

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The preconditions for creating an exposition on the botanical and geographical site "Altai" of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden of the KSC RAS, represented by cenotic elements characteristic of the forests of the Altai mountains: dark-coniferous, light-coniferous and black taiga. Such expositions in botanical gardens are one of the forms of preserving the biodiversity of introduced plants ex situ. The condition, structure, species composition of the created plantings for this period - the completion of the first stage of work ("Creating a tree tier") is described. Preliminary results of plant introduction the main tree species ( Abies sibirica Ledeb., Picea obovata Ledeb., Larix sibirica Ledeb., Pinus sibirica Du Tour, Pinus sylvestris L., Tilia cordata Mill ., Populus tremula L.) forests of the Altai mountains. The condition of coniferous plants is characterized as normal: they show climate and soil resilience, have a natural rhythm of development here, go through all stages and phases of ontomorphogenesis. A comparative analysis of the rhythms of seasonal development of plants of herbaceous species characteristic of the most contrasting ecotypes of the Altai mountains (foothill and high-mountain) showed that the conditions of the Northern taiga of the Khibiny mountains of the Kola Peninsula are more consistent with plants of high-altitude habitats (high-mountain ecotype). Features of growth and development of plants of Altai species ex situ indicate successful adaptation of most of these species to the conditions of the Kola Arctic.

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Yudin, S. I. "To the creation of the exhibition of Altai flora in the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden." Bulletin of the State Nikitsky Botanical Gardens, no. 137 (December 31, 2020): 84–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.36305/0513-1634-2020-137-84-93.

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The preconditions for creating an exposition on the botanical and geographical site "Altai" of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden of the KSC RAS, represented by cenotic elements characteristic of the forests of the Altai mountains: dark-coniferous, light-coniferous and black taiga. Such expositions in botanical gardens are one of the forms of preserving the biodiversity of introduced plants ex situ. The condition, structure, species composition of the created plantings for this period - the completion of the first stage of work ("Creating a tree tier") is described. Preliminary results of plant introduction the main tree species ( Abies sibirica Ledeb., Picea obovata Ledeb., Larix sibirica Ledeb., Pinus sibirica Du Tour, Pinus sylvestris L., Tilia cordata Mill ., Populus tremula L.) forests of the Altai mountains. The condition of coniferous plants is characterized as normal: they show climate and soil resilience, have a natural rhythm of development here, go through all stages and phases of ontomorphogenesis. A comparative analysis of the rhythms of seasonal development of plants of herbaceous species characteristic of the most contrasting ecotypes of the Altai mountains (foothill and high-mountain) showed that the conditions of the Northern taiga of the Khibiny mountains of the Kola Peninsula are more consistent with plants of high-altitude habitats (high-mountain ecotype). Features of growth and development of plants of Altai species ex situ indicate successful adaptation of most of these species to the conditions of the Kola Arctic.

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Johnson, R. C., Vicky J. Erickson, Nancy L. Mandel, J. Bradley St Clair, and Kenneth W. Vance-Borland. "Mapping genetic variation and seed zones for Bromus carinatus in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, USAIn this article, mention of companies or trade names does not constitute an endorsement of any product or procedure." Botany 88, no. 8 (August 2010): 725–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b10-047.

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Seed transfer zones ensure that germplasm selected for restoration is suitable and sustainable in diverse environments. In this study, seed zones were developed for mountain brome ( Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.) in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon and adjoining Washington. Plants from 148 Blue Mountain seed source locations were evaluated in common-garden studies at two contrasting test sites. Data on phenology, morphology, and production were collected over two growing seasons. Plant traits varied significantly and were frequently correlated with annual precipitation and annual maximum temperature at seed source locations (P < 0.05). Plants from warmer locations generally had higher dry matter production, longer leaves, wider crowns, denser foliage, and greater plant height than those from cooler locations. Regression models of environmental variables with the first two principal components (PC 1 and PC 2) explained 46% and 40% of the total variation, respectively. Maps of PC 1 and PC 2 generally corresponded to elevation, temperature, and precipitation gradients. The regression models developed from PC 1 and PC 2 and environmental variables were used to map seed transfer zones. These maps will be useful in selecting mountain brome seed sources for habitat restoration in the Blue Mountains.

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Houle, Gilles. "Vascular Plants of Arabia Mountain, Georgia." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 114, no. 4 (October 1987): 412. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2995997.

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Milius, Susan. "Parental Care Seen in Mountain Plants." Science News 154, no. 2 (July 11, 1998): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4010648.

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Solomon, Allen M., and Alison B. Silkworth. "Spatial Patterns of Atmospheric Pollen Transport in a Montane Region,." Quaternary Research 25, no. 2 (March 1986): 150–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(86)90053-0.

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Annual pollen deposition (pollen cm−2 yr−1) was sampled for 6 yr in the southern Sierra Nevada, the Owens Valley, and the Inyo Mountains of central California. Spatial pollen distributions were examined for anemophilous plants which are limited to growth sites (1) at high elevations on one or both mountain ranges, (2) on lower mountain slopes, and (3) on the Owens Valley floor, Pollen deposition values for high- and low-elevation plants changed by a factor of 5 to 10 between adjacent sample sites which straddle boundaries of the plant communities in which the source plants grow. Pollen deposition values were high and variable within communities in which the species grew. Pollen deposition beyond source populations was low and uniform despite great differences in distance of sites from pollen sources. The step function that seems to characterize pollen distribution patterns implies that pollen from distant populations may be of little value in interpreting vegetation stability and change reflected by fossil pollen stratigraphy. The physical isolation of pollen embedded in the local mountain-valley wind system from that in the prevailing westerlies may explain part of the spatial distribution of the pollen.

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Aru, Mª Bárbara, Elena De Paz, Ruth Martínez, Raquel Alonso, and Marta Eva García. "Nuevos táxones para la Flora de la Montaña Palentina (España)." Acta Botanica Malacitana 33 (December 1, 2008): 325–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.24310/abm.v33i0.6994.

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Koroleva, Natalia E., Alena D. Danilova, and Ekaterina I. Kopeina. "Preliminary chorological analysis of vascular plants flora in mountain tundra and Arctic mountain deserts in Khibiny Mountains (Murmansk Region)." Transaction Kola Science Centre 12, no. 6-2021 (December 31, 2021): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.37614/2307-5252.2021.6.12.9.003.

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Percentage of bio-geographic elements of vascular plants was analysed in Mountain Tundra (MT) and the cold Arctic Mountain (goltzovy) desert (AMD) belts in Khibiny Mountains. Flora of MT (191 species) is richer than flora of AMD (62 species) more than three times. Arctic group of species in MT comprises 42 %, hypoarctic (26 %) and boreal together with polyzonal (32 %). In flora of AMD prevails arctic group of species (63 %), hypoarctic group is on the second place (23 %) and boreal (14 %). The ratio of latitudinal bio-geographical groups in MT corresponds to the hypoarctic type of flora, and in AMD — to the arctic type, that confirms the differentiation of treeless belts in Khibiny Mountains. Groups of species with circumpolar distribution prevail in the species lists of both treeless belts (45 % in MT and 55 % in AMD). Other longitudinal groups in MT include species with east-American-European (10 %), east-American-European-Asiatic (10 %), Euro-Siberian (Euro-Asiatic) (15 %), and European (10 %) distribution. In AMD species with amphi-Atlantic distribution comprise 25 %, species with Euro-Siberian (Euro-Asiatic) and European distribution have less share (8 and 3 %)

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 10 (October 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.10.26.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 7 (July 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.7.26.

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Imanberdieva, N. A. "BELT DISTRIBUTION OF VEGETATION IN THE BASIN OF THE AT-BASHI RIVER OF THE INNER TIEN-SHAN OF KYRGYZSTAN." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Biology. Earth Sciences 29, no. 2 (June 25, 2019): 171–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9518-2019-29-2-171-180.

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Geobotanical characteristics of the main types, subtypes, formations and groups of vegetation associations in the section of the altitude profile are given. Kyrgyzstan is a high-mountainous country of Central Asia, which is located in the center of the mountain systems of Tien-Shan and Pamir-Alay. Up to 90% of its territory is raised to absolute heights of more than 1500 m. Vegetation cover of Kyrgyzstan is located in a system of vertical belts. Steppes and meadow-steppes are the most widespread in the At-Bashi river basin. Among them there are bunchgrass steppes and meadow-steppes, dry steppes and meadow-steppes with a significant share of wormwood and drought-resistant motley grasses, as well as mountain meadows. Among mountain meadows there are tall, medium and low grass meadows. High grass meadows, developed in low mountains and middle mountains, in the north and south differ in the species composition of plants. In the northern regions, the following species are of major importance: Dactylis glomerata, Bromus inermis, Elytrigia repens, Brachypodium pinnatum ; representatives of the genera: Poa, Vicia, Thalictrum . The largest share of the steppe vegetation is occupied by plants, which according to the requirements to heat and moisture occupy an intermediate position between desert plants and meadows. The basis of vegetation of steppes is formed by species of genera of turf cereals: Stipa, Festuca , Ptilagrostis with very characteristic hairy and blue-gray leaves. Steppes, unlike deserts and semi-deserts, are characterized by a greater richness of plant species and density of vegetation. Steppes serve as good pastures.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 11 (November 2, 2023): 42–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.11.42.

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Mountain, Julie. "The Plants in My Street." Nursery World 2023, no. 4 (April 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.4.26.

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Pendleton, R. L. "Baboquivari Mountain Plants: Identification, Ecology, and Ethnobotany." Native Plants Journal 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/npj.12.1.74.

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Golovlyov, Aleksey Alekseevich, Yulia Vladimirovna Makarova, and Nataliya Vladimirovna Prokhorova. "Bioecological analysis of Mountain Kuznetsov vascular plants." Samara Journal of Science 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 28–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/snv201871104.

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According to the vegetation duration the vascular plants grow on Kuznetsov Mountain form such groups as: summer vegetative species (216 species, 80,9%), summer-winter-green species (44 species, 16,5%), evergreen, spring-green, spring-early-summer-green (2 species, 0,7% each) and summer-green or summer-winter-green vascular plants (1 species, 0,4%). Depending on the pollination ways the entomophillic plants prevail (206 species, 77,1%), whereas anemophiles (40 species, 15,0%), self-polinated (3 species, 1,1%) and species combining entomophilia with self-pollination (8 species, 3,0%), entomophilia with anemophilia (1 species, 0,4% %) are also presented. According to spreading seeds ways the species form the following descending series: diplohories and polychories (79 species, 29,6%) ballists, anemochores (55 species, 20,6% each) zoochores (31 species, 11,6%) barochores (29 species, 10,8%) automechanochores (8 species, 3,0%) hydrochores (1 species, 0,4%). Depending on the ecomorph structure of vegetation, the cenomorphs descending row includes: silvants (75 species, 28,1%), pratants (48 species, 18,0%) and ruderants (46 species, 17,2%), the same for trophomorphs - mesotrophs (154 species, 57,7%), among the hygromorphs - mesophytes (98 species, 36,8%) and xeromesophytes (58 species, 21,7%), among heliomorphs - heliophytes (152 species, 56,9%) and scioheliophytes (66 species, 24,7%), among the thermomorphs - mesotherms (195 species, 73,0%).

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Lee, Yong No. "Outline of floristic plants in Baecktu mountain." Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 18, no. 4 (December 30, 1988): 325–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.11110/kjpt.1988.18.4.325.

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Edwards, Ian. "Conservation of plants on Mulanje Mountain Malawi." Oryx 19, no. 2 (April 1985): 86–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300019785.

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Mulanje massif in Malawi rises steeply from the surrounding plain, a landmark for miles around. An endemic cycad grows on its slopes and the plateau grassland is rich in endemic plants, including everlasting flowers and a heath. The mountain is also the stronghold of the Mulanje cedar, which Malawi has just declared as its national tree. The author, who prepared a report for the Malawi Government on cedar resources on Mulanje, found that the Forestry Department's fire control programme is effective, and that attention now needs to be given to the threat from alien plant invasion.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 2 (February 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.2.26.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 5 (May 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.5.26.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 3 (March 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.3.26.

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Draxl, Caroline, Rochelle P. Worsnop, Geng Xia, Yelena Pichugina, Duli Chand, Julie K. Lundquist, Justin Sharp, Garrett Wedam, James M. Wilczak, and Larry K. Berg. "Mountain waves can impact wind power generation." Wind Energy Science 6, no. 1 (January 7, 2021): 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-45-2021.

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Abstract. Mountains can modify the weather downstream of the terrain. In particular, when stably stratified air ascends a mountain barrier, buoyancy perturbations develop. These perturbations can trigger mountain waves downstream of the mountains that can reach deep into the atmospheric boundary layer where wind turbines operate. Several such cases of mountain waves occurred during the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2) in the Columbia River basin in the lee of the Cascade Range bounding the states of Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Signals from the mountain waves appear in boundary layer sodar and lidar observations as well as in nacelle wind speeds and power observations from wind plants. Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations also produce mountain waves and are compared to satellite, lidar, and sodar observations. Simulated mountain wave wavelengths and wave propagation speeds (group velocities) are analyzed using the fast Fourier transform. We found that not all mountain waves exhibit the same speed and conclude that the speed of propagation, magnitudes of wind speeds, or wavelengths are important parameters for forecasters to recognize the risk for mountain waves and associated large drops or surges in power. When analyzing wind farm power output and nacelle wind speeds, we found that even small oscillations in wind speed caused by mountain waves can induce oscillations between full-rated power of a wind farm and half of the power output, depending on the position of the mountain wave's crests and troughs. For the wind plant analyzed in this paper, mountain-wave-induced fluctuations translate to approximately 11 % of the total wind farm output being influenced by mountain waves. Oscillations in measured wind speeds agree well with WRF simulations in timing and magnitude. We conclude that mountain waves can impact wind turbine and wind farm power output and, therefore, should be considered in complex terrain when designing, building, and forecasting for wind farms.

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Reeves, Ella R., Amanda Strayer-Scherer, Dilip R. Panthee, Randolph Gardner, and Inga M. Meadows. "Variable Yield Responses among Grafted and Nongrafted Late blight–resistant Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Hybrids in North Carolina." HortScience 58, no. 8 (August 2023): 943–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci17145-23.

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Host resistance is an environmentally and economically sustainable disease management strategy that may be especially beneficial to small-scale and organic growers for whom other management tools such as synthetic pesticides are too costly or not permitted. In western North Carolina, the demand for vine-ripened tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) from local and organic farms has led to the development of cultivars bred for resistance to geographically relevant diseases, including late blight of tomato, which causes rapid defoliation and lesions on fruit. Grafting tomato plants has the potential to increase plant vigor and yield; however, this effect is known to be dependent on multiple factors, including scion and geographic location. In this study, we evaluated the yield response of one determinate (‘Mountain Gem’) and four indeterminate (‘Mountain Heritage’, ‘Mountain Girl’, ‘Mountain Rouge’, and ‘NC10291’) late blight–resistant tomato cultivars, grafted on tomato rootstock ‘Maxifort’ or nongrafted, on a commercial farm and at two research facilities in western North Carolina. Yield of marketable fruit from grafted plants was greater than that from nongrafted plants at one location (P = 0.008); however, yield response of each cultivar, grafted or not grafted, differed by location. Yield was consistently greater from ‘Mountain Gem’ plants than other cultivars, and grafted ‘Mountain Gem’ plants had greater yields later in the season at two locations than nongrafted plants. Because of the late planting date intended to expose cultivars to the late blight pathogen, the full yield potential of the indeterminate cultivars was not realized at all locations. Disease severity caused by Verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae Kleb., Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold) was lowest for cultivar Mountain Heritage at two of three locations. Results from this study emphasize the importance of conducting evaluations of grafted tomato plants at multiple locations, including on farm, to optimize the benefits associated with their use.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 12 (December 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.12.26.

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Urbaniak, Jacek, and Paweł Kwiatkowski. "The Role of the Hercynian Mountains of Central Europe in Shaping Plant Migration Patterns in the Pleistocene—A Review." Plants 12, no. 18 (September 20, 2023): 3317. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12183317.

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The climatic changes that took place in Europe during the Quaternary period influenced plant habitats as well as their species and vegetation composition. In this article, biogeographical studies on Hercynian mountain plants that include data for the Alps, Carpathians, and European lowlands are reviewed in order to discuss the phylogeographical structure and divergence of the Hercynian populations from those in other European mountain ranges, Scandinavia, and lowlands. The analyzed studies show specific phylogeographical relations between the Hercynian mountains, Alps, Scandinavia, Carpathians, and European lowlands. The results also indicate that the genetic patterns of plant populations in the Hercynian Mountains may differ significantly in terms of origin. The main migration routes of species to the Hercynian ranges began in the Alps or Carpathians. Some species, such as Rubus chamaemorus L., Salix lapponum L., and Salix herbacea L., are glacial relics that may have arrived and settled in the Hercynian Mountains during the Ice Age and that survived in isolated habitats. The Hercynian Mountains are composed of various smaller mountain ranges and are a crossroads of migration routes from different parts of Europe; thus, intensive hybridization has occurred between the plant populations therein, which is indicated by the presence of several divergent genetic lines.

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Huang, Qing Yang, Ji Feng Wang, Dao Guang Zhu, and Hong Wei Ni. "Species Composition and Succession Discipline on Lava Flow of Different Periods Volcano, Wudalianchi China." Applied Mechanics and Materials 496-500 (January 2014): 3005–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.496-500.3005.

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By adopting the concept of space as a substitute for time, The species composition and succession discipline after the volcanic eruption of different historical period in Wudalianchi were studied, which were new volcano Huoshao Mountain, Laohei Mountain and old volcano East Jiaodebu Mountain, Wohu Mountain and North Gelaqiu Mountain. According to the result, there were 192 kinds of vascular plants occur in the restoration process of primary succession, which belonged to 50 families and 126 genera in the survey areas, and the number of family, genus, species of plants in the gathering progress of natural recovery succession were increased first and then decreased as time goes by in the volcano succession.

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Tasenkevich, Lydia, Adam Boratyński, Krystyna Skrypec, Maria Seniv, Tetiana Khmil, and Łukasz Walas. "Biodiversity of high-mountain woody plants in the East Carpathians in Ukraine." Dendrobiology 89 (February 6, 2023): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/denbio.089.001.

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The highest parts of the European mountain massifs are covered by subalpine and alpine vegetation, with rich flora containing many relic woody plants adapted to cold temperatures and relatively short vegetation periods. In the Ukrainian Carpathians, only several highest mountain massifs form environmental conditions suitable for high mountain plants. The aim of the study was the detection of the centre of biodiversity of the high mountain plants in the East Carpathians in Ukraine. We expected the largest number of high mountain woody species in the Ukrainian East Carpathians would occur in the Chornohora, the largest and most elevated mountain chain in the country. To solve this problem, the geographic distribution of 16 woody species was analysed cartographically. We gathered georeferenced data of 919 localities of taxa, which occur in the subalpine and alpine vegetation belts, and prepared maps of their distribution using QGIS software. Additionally, we analysed vertical distribution and occurrence on different expositions of every taxon. Most of analysed subalpine and alpine species occur in the highest and the largest mountain massifs. The high mountain woody species occur in the Ukrainian parts of the East Carpathians mainly in the largest mountain massifs, the Chornohora, Svydovets, Chyvchyny, Marmarosh, and to a lesser extent, also in the Gorgany. The vertical distribution and predominant occurrence on the northern or close to northern expositions of most subalpine and alpine species indicate their demands for the relatively high level of humidity of the soil and high level of precipitation. These condition point to the relic character of most of analysed species, which origin from the glacial periods of the Pleistocene. Most of the taxa, which have centres of their distribution in the alpine and sub-alpine vegetation belts of the East Carpathians in the Ukraine territory are valuable but threatened elements of the Ukrainian flora.

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Mountain, Julie. "The plants in my street." Nursery World 2023, no. 1 (January 2, 2023): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nuwa.2023.1.26.

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Tan, Xinyuan, Hong He, Shengwei Zong, Miaomiao Wu, Kai Liu, and Dandan Zhao. "Herbaceous Encroachment from Mountain Birch Forests to Alpine Tundra Plant Communities Through Above- and Belowground Competition." Forests 10, no. 2 (February 16, 2019): 170. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10020170.

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Alpine plant communities are highly sensitive to global warming. One of the consequences of the warming is encroachment by herbaceous plants from forests at low elevations into alpine ecosystems. In the Changbai Mountains, narrowleaf small reed (Deyeuxia angustifolia (Kom.) Y. L. Chang) from mountain birch forests encroached upward into alpine tundra, gradually replacing native tundra shrubs such as Rhododendron (Rhododendron aureum Georgi). How encroaching plants affect native plant communities is not fully understood. In this study, we analyzed above- and belowground biomass of alpine plant communities at five encroachment levels to investigate how biomass allocation changed at species and community scales. Our research showed that native plants are forced to change their morphology to cope with competition, at both above- and belowground levels, from encroaching plants. We found that (1) R. aureum increased the shoot height and leaf area in order to compete with D. angustifolia; (2) above- and belowground biomass of D. angustifolia increased while above- and belowground biomass of R. aureum decreased with increasing levels of encroachment; and (3) D. angustifolia encroachment reduced the total biomass of alpine tundra. Encroachment by herbaceous plants has a long-term negative impact on the ability of tundra plants to sequester carbon in the alpine tundra of the Changbai Mountains.

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Lyubeznova, N. V. "Dynamics of development of juvenile plants in the mountain-tundra belt of the Khibiny Mountains." Проблемы ботаники Южной Сибири и Монголии 22, no. 1 (July 3, 2023): 208–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/pbssm.2023040.

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Germination of seeds and survival of seedlings are important characteristics of the functioning of communities. There are few observations in the literature on the dynamics of seed germination in untouched alpine communities. Severe abiotic environmental factors characteristic of high mountains make it difficult for juvenile plants to take root, and they show high mortality in the first year of life. For 9 years (2011-2019), all juvenile plants were recorded on 5 m2 of the mountain-tundra community of the Khibiny Mountains and their further life was traced. For most plants of the alpine tundra community, low germination and high mortality of juvenile plants in the first year of life were confirmed. Seeds of some species of undisturbed plots, did not germinate during the observation period, most of the rest they did not survive. In species of slightly disturbed places, the number of seedlings was proportional to the number of species in the community, with the exception of species that do not have vegetative propagation. In the latter, seed germination was higher. A surge in the number of seedlings was observed in 2016 and 2019. The surviving individuals did not pass into the generative age state for 7-9 years of observations, which confirms the duration of the life cycle of alpine species.

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Cheng, H., H. Huang, J. Yang, R. Pang, and J. Bian. "RESEARCH ON THERMAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS BASED ON REMOTE SENSING IMAGES." International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLVIII-1/W2-2023 (December 13, 2023): 1343–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-1-w2-2023-1343-2023.

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Abstract. As a representative of new energy, photovoltaic power stations have developed rapidly in China, with annual installed capacity increasing. At present, research on photovoltaic power plants mainly concentrates on carbon neutrality based on the whole life cycle, and there are few studies on the thermal environment problems that may be caused by photovoltaic power plants. This paper takes the area where the photovoltaic power station is located in Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, and the surrounding mountains as the research area. It uses Gaofen-1 and Landsat 8 remote sensing images to study the changes in land cover and surface temperature before and after the construction of mountain photovoltaic power stations over a period of 8 years from 2013 to 2020.Given the lack of quantitative research on the impact of mountain photovoltaic power stations on the surrounding environment using remote sensing technology, this paper focuses on the influence of the distribution and proportion of mountain photovoltaic power stations on the spatial pattern of the thermal environment in the region. Through experimental verification and result analysis, it can be seen that under the geographical location and time conditions of the study area, the proportion of photovoltaic power stations shows a strong correlation with the average surface temperature, which is one of the main factors causing the temperature rise in mountainous areas. It is a land cover type with heat island effects in the traditional sense.

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Oroian, Silvia, Mihaela Sămărghiţan, Sanda Coşarcă, Mariana Hiriţiu, Florentina Oroian, and Corneliu Tanase. "Botanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Human Disease in Montain Hay Meadows from Gurghiului Mountains." Acta Biologica Marisiensis 2, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 38–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/abmj-2019-0005.

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Abstract The aim of this study was to identify the medicinal and aromatic plants from mountain hay meadows (6520 - Natura 2000 habitat) of Gurghiului Mountains and to analyze the correlation of these herbs with their therapeutic compounds as well as the human diseases on which they can be used on therapeutic purpose. The area covered by this study was the Gurghiului Mountains. Regarding the vegetation, this area is characterized by the predominance of forest ecosystems, along with semi-natural mountainous grasslands. The floristic inventory for the studied area included numerous medicinal plants with therapeutic chemical compounds. These medicinal plants were grouped in this study according to the dominant active principles used in phytotherapy. Two plant associations were identified: Festuco rubrae-Agrostietum capillaris Horvat 1951 and Poo-Trisetetum flavescentis Knapp ex Oberdorfer 1957. This survey demonstrates that the medicinal plant area in the Gurghiului Mountains is a promising economic resource for developing this region, but it needs planned exploitation.

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Hogan, Tim. "A floristic survey of the Boulder Mountain Park: with notes on its conservation and management (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.)." Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 13, no. 1 (July 23, 2019): 279–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v13.i1.852.

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The City of Boulder Mountain Park sits in the eastern foothills of the northern Front Range of Colorado. Approximately 7000 acres (2800 ha) in extent, the study area is characterized by a foothills and montane vegetation and flora, predominantly of western North American distribution. Situated at the interface of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, the flora of the Mountain Park is distinguished by a wealth of species with eastern woodland affinities, as well as a number of southern Rocky Mountain species endemic to the Front Range. Six hundred and ninety-eight (698) species of vascular plants in 426 genera and 100 families are documented in this survey. Twenty (20) of the plants are listed as Species of Special Concern by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, with an additional 26 listed as sensitive by the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP). Introduced non-native species constitute 21% of the flora (147 species), a figure that exaggerates their ecological role in the Park; less than a dozen introduced species are of serious concern in their impact upon native diversity. The Mountain Park is viewed by many as the crown jewel of the City’s OSMP system, and serves as a model for public land management across other open spaces in urban areas nationwide. These forested foothills, with their prominent relief and associated diversity of habitats, serve as one of the last low-elevation nature refuges along the Colorado Front Range. With the increasing urbanization of the region and the loss of biological diversity worldwide, the wisdom of the Boulder community in protecting this landscape is becoming ever more apparent. This report presents a thoroughly revised checklist of the flora of the Boulder Mountain Parks since the area was last inventoried in 1993.

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Zahariev, Dimcho. "The medicinal plants of Chepan Mountain (Western Bulgaria)." Acta Scientifica Naturalis 2, no. 1 (December 1, 2015): 31–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/asn-2015-0004.

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Abstract Bulgaria is one of the European countries with the greatest biodiversity, including biodiversity of medicinal plants. The object of this study is Chepan Mountain. It is located in Western Bulgaria and it is part of Balkan Mountain. On the territory of the Chepan Mountain (only 80 km2) we found 344 species of medicinal plants from 237 genera and 83 families. The floristic analysis indicates, that the most of the families and the genera are represented by a small number of inferior taxa. The hemicryptophytes dominate among the life forms with 49.71%. The biological types are represented mainly by perennial herbaceous plants (60.47%). There are 7 types of floristic elements divided in 27 groups. The largest percentage of species are of the European type (58.43%). Among the medicinal plants, there are two Balkan endemic species and 18 relic species. We described 23 species with protection statute. The anthropophytes among the medicinal plants are 220 species (63.95%).

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Zhou, Xiayan, Zhao Wang, Wenxin Liu, Qianjin Fu, Yizhen Shao, Fengqin Liu, Yongzhong Ye, Yun Chen, and Zhiliang Yuan. "Distribution Pattern of Woody Plants in a Mountain Forest Ecosystem Influenced by Topography and Monsoons." Forests 13, no. 6 (June 19, 2022): 957. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13060957.

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Many areas are affected by the monsoon because of different sea and land positions. At the same time, the blocking effect of a mountain range forms different habitats on both sides of the mountain range. However, the distribution mechanism of woody plants is unclear in mountain forest ecosystems influenced by topography and monsoons. In this study, 10 plots, each with an area of 1 hm2 (100 m × 100 m), were randomly established on the south and north aspects of a mountain forest. We examined community structure differences and distribution preferences of woody plants on both sides of the mountain. Our findings were as follows: (1) The characteristics of woody plant assemblages differed among various aspects. (2) Network analysis showed that specialization index was 0.186 and modularity index was 0.235, and the torus translation test showed that a total of 45 species were detected to be associated with at least one of the habitats (45/106, 42.45%). (3) The community stability of the south aspect was higher than that of the north aspect. Our findings suggest that the distribution of woody plants among different aspects was specialized and not random in alpine forest ecosystems. This study contributes to a clear understanding of the distribution mechanism of woody plants in mountain forest ecosystems influenced by topography and monsoons.

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Kalashnikova, Olga Vladimirovna, Svetlana Vadimovna Murzyvanova, and Tamara Ivanovna Plaksina. "Ecological and floristic features of the Samara Region nature monument «Kopeyka Mountain»." Samara Journal of Science 7, no. 2 (June 15, 2018): 60–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/snv201872111.

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The paper presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of the nature monument Kopeyka Mountain flora nine years after the last descriptions of this area. To identify the ecology-floristic features of the mountain, a complete ecology-floristic characteristic was given according to the classical pattern. The taxonomic analysis has showed that on the stony steppe there are 150 species of higher plants, including 106 genera and 39 families. The leading families in the number of species are Asteraceae (28 species), Fabaceae (21) and Poaceae (11). A large number of species of the Fabaceae is one of the distinguishing features of Kopeyka Mountain. The predominant biomorph under the classification of I.G. Serebryakov is a group of herbaceous perennials, namely rod-root (39 species) and short-stemmed plants (25 species). The predominance of these life forms illustrates a high adaptability of plants to the conditions of their growth. The predominant hygromorph of xerophytic plants (67 species), revealed during the ecological analysis by N.M. Matveyev, also shows high suitability of the local flora to a lack of moisture in the mountainous terrain. Ecology-geographical analysis showed that the mountain-steppe group of plants was the largest in the number of species. A chorological analysis was also conducted, which showed the presence of all seven types of areals, of which Eurasian type (73 species) and European (34) were the leading ones. Endemic (45 species) and relic (15) taxa have been noted, which raises this monument of nature to a considerable height. In the flora of Kopeyka Mountain, 8 species are represented in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation and 43 species are in the Red Data Book of the Samara Region. A decrease in the number of species in the flora of Kopeyka Mountain is a concern. It is necessary to introduce monitoring to protect the nature monument Kopeyka Mountain.

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Dai, Huan, Rujie Xu, Xinyang Zhang, and Jing Cai. "Flora of Seed Plants in Longquan Mountain, Wuhan." E3S Web of Conferences 293 (2021): 03029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129303029.

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In recent years, in order to provide theoretical and scientific basis for the protection and rational utilization of plant resources in Lon longquan mountain gquan Mountain, the seed plants in Longquan Mountain were taken as the research object, and the field investigation was carried out by using the method of line plus typical sample plot, so as to further study the characteristics of investigated area were further studied. The results show: There are 231 species of 191 genus in 90 families, including 5 families, 9 genus and 11 species of gymnosperms, and 82 species of 182 genus and 85 species of angiosperms. The 14 distribution types of seed plants belong to the statistics: North temperate distribution There are 72 genus, accounting for 37.7% of the total genus of the area, reflecting the obvious north temperate nature of the flora. In addition, there are many ancient taxa and Cretaceous and Tertiary relict plants. There are 163 genus of single genus and genus genus, accounting for 85.3% of the total genus of the region, indicating that the plant origin is relatively old, there are 7 genus in China, which indicates that the unique phenomenon exists, but it is not obvious.

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Helis, Marek, Maria Strzelczyk, Wojciech Golimowski, Aleksandra Steinhoff-Wrześniewska, Anna Paszkiewicz-Jasińska, Małgorzata Hawrot-Paw, Adam Koniuszy, and Marek Hryniewicz. "Biomass Potential of the Marginal Land of the Polish Sudetes Mountain Range." Energies 14, no. 21 (November 1, 2021): 7156. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14217156.

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Marginal land is the area remaining in agricultural use, which is not suitable for food production because of its unfavorable ecological, anthropological, and economic conditions. A certain amount of such land exists in mountainous areas. An analysis was undertaken on the example of the Polish Sudeten mountain range of energy use. The study aimed to estimate the biomass potential for the efficient use of agricultural land in mountain areas. The characteristics of the Polish Sudeten Mountains mountain range were characterized using Geographic Information System (GIS) methods. The Polish Sudeten Mountains covers an area of 370,392 ha, 95,341 ha of which is arable land, 35,726 ha of which is class 5 bonitation land with a northern exposure of 19,030 ha and southern exposure of 16,696 ha. Depending on the sowing structure, we can obtain 331,639 tons/year of dry biomass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus on the southern and Helianthus tuberoses on northern exposure). Fertilization levels will significantly affect low yielding plants, and water stress significantly reduced yields in all cases. Due to the steep slope of the 5th-grade halves and intensive rainfall in the mountain region, the establishment of perennial plantations is recommended. The research shows that after the first year of cultivation, yields of 9.27 tons/ha of dry matter can be obtained with a low yield of trees, shrubs and perennials.

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Khramova, E. P., O. V. Chankina, S. Ya Syeva, V. A. Kostikova, Ya V. Rakshun, and D. S. Sorokoletov. "The Element Composition of the Mountain Altai Plants." Siberian Journal of Physics 14, no. 3 (2019): 86–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/2541-9447-2019-14-3-86-96.

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A study has been first made on the element composition of both the plants of six species, belonging to three families, growing in the Mountain Altai, and the samples of soil from their habitat using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis, involving synchrotron radiation (SRXRF). The highest accumulation of macro- and microelements is typical of the representatives of Caragana of the Fabaceae family, the lowest content was recorded for the representatives of Potentilla and Sibiraea of the Rosaceae family. The amount of elements - Br, Y, Mo, Nb, Zr, Ti, Rb, Co, Sr, Fe, Ni and V varies within a wide range (Сmax/Cmin > 5), Mn, Cu and Pb - within small (1,5 < Сmax/Cmin < 2,5) and with very small (Сmax/Cmin < 1.5) range.

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Wu, Xu. "Wild Edible Plants and Pilgrimage on Wudang Mountain." Journal of Ethnobiology 35, no. 3 (October 2015): 606–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2993/etbi-35-03-606-627.1.

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Sugden, Andrew M. "Different responses to climate change in mountain plants." Science 359, no. 6378 (February 22, 2018): 881.3–882. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.359.6378.881-c.

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Rumpf, Sabine B., Karl Hülber, Günther Klonner, Dietmar Moser, Martin Schütz, Johannes Wessely, Wolfgang Willner, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, and Stefan Dullinger. "Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 8 (January 29, 2018): 1848–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713936115.

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Many studies report that mountain plant species are shifting upward in elevation. However, the majority of these reports focus on shifts of upper limits. Here, we expand the focus and simultaneously analyze changes of both range limits, optima, and abundances of 183 mountain plant species. We therefore resurveyed 1,576 vegetation plots first recorded before 1970 in the European Alps. We found that both range limits and optima shifted upward in elevation, but the most pronounced trend was a mean increase in species abundance. Despite huge species-specific variation, range dynamics showed a consistent trend along the elevational gradient: Both range limits and optima shifted upslope faster the lower they were situated historically, and species’ abundance increased more for species from lower elevations. Traits affecting the species’ dispersal and persistence capacity were not related to their range dynamics. Using indicator values to stratify species by their thermal and nutrient demands revealed that elevational ranges of thermophilic species tended to expand, while those of cold-adapted species tended to contract. Abundance increases were strongest for nutriphilous species. These results suggest that recent climate warming interacted with airborne nitrogen deposition in driving the observed dynamics. So far, the majority of species appear as “winners” of recent changes, yet “losers” are overrepresented among high-elevation, cold-adapted species with low nutrient demands. In the decades to come, high-alpine species may hence face the double pressure of climatic changes and novel, superior competitors that move up faster than they themselves can escape to even higher elevations.

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Streb, P., W. Shang, J. Feierabend, and R. Bligny. "Divergent strategies of photoprotection in high-mountain plants." Planta 207, no. 2 (November 20, 1998): 313–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004250050488.

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