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Parameters of the production and destruction processes in different types of tundras are compared. It is shown that there is a fairly high degree of correspondence between the structure of tundra communities and the ecotopes occupied by them. On the other hand, typologically similar lowland and mountain tundras markedly differ in the functional respect. The rate of decomposition processes is higher under environmental conditions of the mountain tundra belt.
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Andreyashkina, N.I., Peshkova, N.V. On Characteristics of Production and Destruction Processes in Lowland and Mountain Tundras of the Extreme North. Russian Journal of Ecology 34, 98–103 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023094913512
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