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The term “near-tundra forest” was first introduced into the Russian literature on forests by Andreyev (1954). Later, from 1959 onwards, a forest belt located along the southern tundra boundary was officially called near-tundra forest. These forests have an important environmental and stabilizing role. They are distributed from Norway to the Bering Straits and vary remarkably in vegetation pattern. However, the question concerning the southern boundary of their areal extent is still open, since no uniform fundamental criteria have been established for identifying near-tundra forests. Also, no scientifically justified methods now exist for managing the near-tundra forests of Siberia. This can be attributed to the lack of knowledge of these northernmost forest ecosystems.
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Abaimov, A.P., Sofronov, M.A. (1996). The Main Trends of Post-Fire Succession in Near-Tundra Forests of Central Siberia. In: Goldammer, J.G., Furyaev, V.V. (eds) Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Forestry Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8737-2_33
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