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The treelessness of the tundra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

B. A. Tikhomirov
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Russian scientists have long been interested in the tundra. M. B. Lomonosov, in 1763, referred to “the places overgrown with mosses, which cover most parts of the Northern Ocean shores, excluding bogs and forests” as tundras. This early definition emphasized, therefore, the proximity of the tundra zone to the Arctic Ocean coast, the predominance of mosses in its vegetational cover (Lomonosov probably included lichens as “mosses”), and the absence of trees. The treelessness of the tundra, its outstanding characteristic, is a fundamental feature in its geography.

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Polar Record , Volume 11 , Issue 70 , January 1962 , pp. 24 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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