Towards an evaluation of spatial organization of vegetation cover in Southern Siberian mountains at regional and topological levels

Abstract

Problems of identification and evaluation of mountain ecosystems, solved on the basis of different approaches, require the use of a multilevel approach to analyze diversity and spatial structure of ecosystems. In this paper some methods of analysis are suggested according to altitudinal structure of vegetation in Southern Siberian mountains and Prebaikalia at regional and topological levels. For each level climatic and orographic parameters are suggested to identify the key patterns of vegetation cover.