The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus)

• Main Author: Nakhutsrishvili, George. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Geobotany Studies, Basics, Methods and Case Studies
• Subjects: Geography.; Life sciences.; Physical geography.; Plant Ecology.; Botany.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Physical Geography.; Plant Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29915-5

The book describes richness and diversity of Georgias vegetation. Contrasting ecosystems coexist on the relatively small territory of the country and include semi-deserts in East Georgia, Colchic forests with almost sub-tropical climate in West Georgia and subnival plant communities in high mountai...

Table of Contents:

• Environmental Conditions
• History of the Flora and Vegetation
• On the Altitudinal Differentiation of the Vegetation of Georgia
• On the Classification and Nomenclature of Plant Communities
• The Vegetation of Deserts, Steppes and Arid Open Woodlands
• Forest Vegetation of Georgia
• Near-Timberline Vegetation
• High-Mountain Vegetation
• The Hydrophytic Vegetation
• Synanthropic Vegetation
• Cultivated Flora
• Georgia: Protected Areas.