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Analysis of the Cause and Effect of Ecosystem Degradation in the Lake Baikal Basin Based on Long-Term Monitoring in the Network of Model Polygons
The article outlines the main causes and effects of the destabilization of ecosystems in the Lake Baikal basin. They were identified via long-term monitoring based on large-scale map** and landscape and soil...
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Ecological and Biological Features of the Distribution of the Siberian Apricot (Prunus sibirica L.) in the Southern Part of the Selenga River Basin
The features of the distribution of the Siberian apricot (Prunus sibirica L.) in the southern (Mongolian) part of the Selenga river basin is discussed. It was found that there is a clear trend in the successional...
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Influence of the Systematic Position at the Family Level on the Leaf Functional Traits of Steppe Plants
The significance of the systematic position for the traits of a leaf, mesophyll, chloroplasts, and pigment complex in steppe plants has been examined for three families (Asteraceae, Poaceae, and Rosaceae) from...
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Seasonal Dynamics of the Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Content in the Leaves of Steppe and Forest Plants on Species and Community Level
The content of chlorophylls (Сhl) a and b and carotenoids (Сar) during the growing season was studied in the leaves of 31 species of steppe and forest plants. In contrast to forest plants, steppe plants possessed...
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Composition, Structure, and Mechanical Properties of (Ti–Hf)N Coatings on Titanium Alloy
Variations of the composition, structure, and mechanical properties (hardness, elastic modulus) of (Ti–Hf)N coatings with increasing Hf content (Ti : Hf ratio) are reported. As test samples, VT6 titanium alloy...
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Leaf Functional Traits and Biomass of Wetland Plants in Forest and Steppe Zones
Leaf traits, the rate of gas exchange, and biomass were examined in five plurizonal species (Alisma plantago-aquatica L., Carex acuta L., Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. et Schult., Phalaris arundinacea L., and T...
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Relative Growth Rate and Its Components in Invasive Species Heracleum sosnowskyi and Congeneric Native Species H. sibiricum
We studied the relative growth rate of seedlings and aboveground and underground organs, as well as functional traits of leaves and absorbing roots in the invasive species Heracleum sosnowskyi and congeneric nati...
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A Cascade of Phase Transitions in Amorphous FeB Films
Samples of Fe–B alloys have been prepared by quenching a melt using a rotating copper disk and then were certified by XRD analysis. Some of the alloys were found to possess an amorphous structure. Fe–B amorpho...
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Magnetic Properties of the Nanocrystalline Nd-Ho-Fe-Co-B Alloy at Low Temperatures: The Influence of Time and Annealing
A study is made of the effects of various factors such as time (7 years), temperature, high magnetic field up to 580 kOe and heat treatment (HT) on the morphological structure and magnetic hysteresis propertie...
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Variation of leaf traits and pigment content in three species of steppe plants depending on the climate aridity
Mesophyll structure and content of photosynthetic pigments in the leaves of three species of steppe plants, Centaurea scabiosa L., Euphorbia virgata Waldst. et Kit., Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench, were invest...
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Rapid use of resources as a basis of the Heracleum sosnowskyi invasive syndrome
The functional properties of the invasive Heracleum sosnowskyi were compared with those of the native Heracleum sibiricum. The leaf and root traits, as well as those of a whole plant and of the mycorrhiza formati...
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Leaf acclimation to experimental climate warming in meadow plants of different functional types
The use of open-top chambers (OTCs) installed in natural plant cover is one of the approaches to study plant responses to climate change. Three OTCs made from polyethylene film were installed on a herbgrass me...
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Structural and functional organization of the photosynthetic apparatus in halophytes with different strategies of salt tolerance
The specific features of the structural and functional organisation of the photosynthetic apparatus (PSA) were studied in wild halophytes representing three strategies of salt tolerance: euhalophyte Salicornia pe...
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Photosynthesis adaptation of the desert-steppe shrub Caragana bungei to larch forest conditions at mountainous slopes in Mongolian Khangai
Leaf parameters, gas exchange parameters, photosynthetic pigments content, mesophyll structure, and sizes of shrubs were studied for Caragana bungei Ledeb. in contrasting habitats of the mountain slope—herb-grass...
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Regional features of desertification processes of ecosystems on the border of the Baikal basin and Central Asian internal drainage basin
The article describes the regional features of ecosystem desertification in the southern periphery of the Baikal basin that are located in the zone of cross-border interaction between the southern Siberian and...
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Construction costs and mesostructure of leaves in hydrophytes
Construction costs (CC) and parameters of leaf structure (specific leaf weight, dry matter content, volume of photosynthesizing cells, and the number of cells per leaf area unit) were determined for 19 species...
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Tribological behavior of aluminum-matrix composites reinforced with carbon nanostructures
Aluminum-matrix composite materials reinforced with carbon nanostructures were prepared by hot pressing of the powders produced by mechanical activation of aluminum and a carbon nanostructure. C60 fullerenes, ...
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Changes in the chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in the leaves of steppe plants along a latitudinal gradient in South Ural
We studied the content of chlorophylls and carotenoids in the leaves of steppe plants of South Ural growing along a latitudinal gradient from southern steppe to forest-steppe. The content of chlorophylls (a + b) ...
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Tissue oxygen exchange and oxidative processes in long-livers: Age-related peculiarities
The age-related peculiarities of tissue-oxygen exchange and oxidative processes in long-livers who were assumed to be physiologically aging individuals have been studied. Tissue oxygen served as the indicator ...
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Morphofunctional principles determining the changes in the adaptation strategy of ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) during its domestication
