%0 Dataset
%T Vegetation in Central Asia and South Kazakhstan
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/8016c062-0235-4167-b5ce-6307fdbe4d8e
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.02351
%A Documentation Information Center
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%X Twenty-five years have passed since the first edition of Vegetation of Central Asia was published. During this period, research institutions and economic organizations accumulated an enormous body of data on the study and use of vegetation resources across this vast region, far exceeding all the material previously available to us. This achievement is due primarily to the work of local groups of botanists that were first established within the branches of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and later within the Academies of Sciences of the Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan. Botanists of the republican academies carried out extensive research on the vegetation of their respective republics. They completely eliminated the “blank spots” on the phytogeographical map of Central Asia, compiled the first vegetation maps of the republics, and clarified many issues in the phytogeography of the region.The new facts and broad generalizations obtained during this period have made it necessary to reexamine critically the various views found in the literature from a unified scientific perspective.Among the general works that have made progress in this regard are The Geobotanical Map of the USSR (1957) together with its detailed explanatory text, the collective volume Central Asia (1958), and The Geobotanical Regionalization of the USSR (1947). These works expanded the scope of phytogeographical studies.These publications are of great importance for a proper understanding of many characteristics of Central Asian vegetation. Nevertheless, even after their appearance, a number of questions remained unresolved or controversial, particularly those concerning the flora and the history of vegetation formation and development. Issues of vegetation classification and dynamics require special attention, and further research on the geobotanical regionalization of Central Asia remains highly necessary.The new edition of Vegetation of Central Asia addresses three major topics, which cons