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Plant Diversity and General Vegetation of Georgia

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This review article presents information on the diversity of vegetation cover of Georgia and its ecological aspects. The article includes data on the floristic and vertical zonings in the country. The distribution of major biomasses has been analyzed both within the natural limits and on the background of the transformations resulting from anthropogenic impacts. In particular, peculiarities of the territorial distribution of forests and phytomasses have been evaluated. The plant formations with high phyto-resource indices have been discussed together with the reasons related to these observations.

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  1. Department of Geography, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Dali Nikolaishvili

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    Volkan Altay

  3. Department of Geography, Balikesir University, Istanbul, Balikesir, Turkey

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Nikolaishvili, D. (2021). Plant Diversity and General Vegetation of Georgia. In: Öztürk, M., Altay, V., Efe, R. (eds) Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59928-7_15

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