To the decennary of the Laboratory of steppe zone vegetation, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (1993—2003)

N. I. Bobrovskaya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/vegrus/2003.05.97

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Existed since the late 60-ies of the last century, Laboratory of vegetation of the arid zone V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1993 was transformed into a Laboratory of vegetation of the steppe zone of geopolitical change led to the fact that the arid lands presents now in our country is mainly steppes. Since then 10 years have passed, it is already possible to draw some conclusions. As a result of human activities, the steppe, like most grassy biomes arid regions of the world, almost completely destroyed, and the remaining vegetation is degraded. In this regard, one of the goals of this Laboratory is to determine (primarily in the European part of the country, subjected to the most heavy anthropogenic load), where fragments of steppes and what is their condition.

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Bobrovskaya N. I. 2003. To the decennary of the Laboratory of steppe zone vegetation, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (1993—2003) // Vegetation of Russia. N 5. P. 97–98. https://doi.org/10.31111/vegrus/2003.05.97

Received June 10 2003