Plant Diversity in the Central Great Caucasus: A Quantitative Assessment

This book presents the first assessment of the high-elevation flora of the Central Caucasus with a community ecology emphasis. Following a geostatistical-climatological description of the region (in comparison to the European Alps), it describes the montane, alpine and nival plant assemblages on the basis of an ecological approach that combines moisture, soils and local habitat peculiarities.

Highlights include the famous giant herb communities in treeless parts of the upper montane belt,...