Vegetation as a base for diagnostics and mapping of East-European tundra habitats

Abstract

A classification of habitats based on the topographic position of biotopes and plant communities, which diagnose them, is proposed. A map of undisturbed habitats of the watershed areas of the southern tundra of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug was compiled, which are subdivided into 5 categories at the second and 12 at the third level and correspond to 17 syntaxa.