An ecological-geochemical assessment of the state of woody vegetation in Ulaanbaatar city (Mongolia)

Arid Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 201-213

  Kasimov, N S ^a   Kosheleva, N E ^a   Sorokina, O I ^a   Gunin, P D ^b   Bazha, S N ^b   Enkh Amgalan, S ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; Larix sibirica; Mongolia; pollution; Populus laurifolia; Ulaanbaatar; urban plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018222811     PISSN: 20790961     EISSN: 20790988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S2079096111040081     Document Type: Article

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