Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia

by Petr D. Qunin

Mongolia is an expansive land-locked country, tilted by tectonic forces to the North, that experiences extremes of continental climate. Moisture-carrying wind currents are scarce so that the land has extended highs and lows in its environment. Culturally the people are mostly nomadic, having been sustained for centuries by an economy based on domestic livestock grazing. There is a saying that, 'As the noses go, so goes Mongolia', referring to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792355822
• ISBN13: 9780792355823
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"