Forest regeneration and biodiversity at the forest-steppe border of the Altai and Khangay Mountains under contrasting developments of livestock numbers in Kazakhstan and Mongolia

Publications

Dulamsuren Ch, Klinge M, Degener J, Khishigjargal M, Chenlemuge Ts, Bat-Enerel B, Yeruult Yo, Saindovdon D, Ganbaatar Kh, Tsogtbaatar J, Leuschner C, Hauck M (in press) Carbon pool densities and a first estimate of the total carbon pool in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Global Change Biology.

Chenlemuge Ts, Dulamsuren Ch, Hertel D, Schuldt B, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2015) Hydraulic properties and fine root mass of Larix sibirica along forest edge-interior gradients. Acta Oecologica 63: 28-35.

Chenlemuge Ts, Schuldt B, Dulamsuren Ch, Hertel D, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2015) Stem increment and hydraulic architecture of a boreal conifer (Larix sibirica) under contrasting macroclimates. Trees 29: 623-636.

Dulamsuren Ch, Khishigjargal M, Hauck M, Leuschner C (2014) Response of tree-ring width to climate warming and selective logging in larch forests of the Mongolian Altai. Journal of Plant Ecology 7: 24-38.

Hauck M (2014) Edge effects on epiphytic lichen diversity in the forest-steppe of the Kazakh Altai. Plant Ecology and Diversity 7: 473-483.

Hauck M, de Bruyn U, Javkhlan S, Lkhagvadorj D (2014) Forest edge-interior differentiation in the epiphytic lichen diversity of the forest-steppe in the Khangai Mountains, Mongolia. Journal of Plant Ecology 7: 287-297.

Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Bayartogtokh B, Ulykpan K, Burkitbaeva UD, Otgonjargal E, Titov SV, Enkhbayar T, Sundetpaev AK, Beket U, Leuschner C (2014) Relationships between the diversity patterns of vascular plants, lichens and invertebrates in the Central Asian forest-steppe ecotone. Biodiversity and Conservation 23: 1105-1117.

Khishigjargal M, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner HH, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2014) Climate effects on inter- and intra-annual larch stemwood anomalies in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Acta Oecologica 55: 113-121.

Battulga P, Tsogtbaatar J, Dulamsuren Ch, Hauck M (2013) Equations for estimating the above-ground biomass of Larix sibirica in the forest-steppe of Mongolia. Journal of Forestry Research 24: 431-437.

Chenlemuge Ts, Hertel H, Dulamsuren Ch, Khishigjargal M, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2013). Extremely low fine root biomass in Larix sibirica forests at the southern drought limit of the boreal forest. Flora 208: 488-496.

Dulamsuren Ch, Wommelsdorf T, Zhao F, Xue Y, Zhumadilov BZ, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2013) Increased summer temperatures reduce the growth and regeneration of Larix sibirica in southern boreal forests of eastern Kazakhstan. Ecosystems 16: 1536-1549.

Hauck M, Lkhagvadorj D (2013) Epiphytic lichens as indicators of grazing pressure in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Ecological Indicators 32: 82-88.

Hauck M, Tønsberg T, Mayrhofer H, Breuss O (2013) Lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi new to Kazakhstan. Herzogia 26: 103-116.

Hauck M, Tønsberg T, Mayrhofer H, de Bruyn U, Enkhtuya O, Javkhlan S (2013) New records of lichen species from western Mongolia. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 50: 13-22.

Khishigjargal M, Dulamsuren Ch, Lkhagvadorj D, Leuschner C, Hauck M (2013) Contrasting responses of seedling and sapling densities to livestock density in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Plant Ecology 214: 1391-1403.

Lkhagvadorj D, Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Tsogtbaatar J (2013) Twenty years after decollectivization: mobile livestock husbandry and its ecological impact in the Mongolian forest-steppe. Human Ecology 41: 725-735.

Lkhagvadorj D, Hauck M, Dulamsuren Ch, Tsogtbaatar J (2013) Pastoral nomadism in the forest-steppe ecotone of the Mongolian Altai under a changing economy and a warming climate. Journal of Arid Environments 88: 82-89. [PDF file]

Mikhaljova EV, Burkitbaeva UD, Tuf IH, Ulykpan K (2013) The millipede order Chordeumatida (Diplopoda) in Kazakhstan, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3635: 533-544.

Mikhaljova EV, Ulykpan K, Burkitbaeva UD (2013) New data on the millipedes (Diplopoda) from East Kazakhstan (Altai). Far Eastern Entomologist 260: 1-11.

Bayartogtokh B (2012) The soil mite genus Conchogneta (Acari, Oribatida, Autognetidae), with new findings from Mongolia. ZooKeys 178: 27-42. [PDF file]

Bayartogtokh B (2012) The genus Cultroribula (Acari: Oribatida: Astegistidae) in Mongolia, with new findings from Altai Mountains and remarks on known species of the world. Zootaxa 3302: 4-60. [PDF file]

Hauck M, Javkhlan S, Lkhagvadorj D, Bayartogtokh B, Dulamsuren Ch, Leuschner C (2012) Edge and land-use effects on epiphytic lichen diversity in the forest-steppe ecotone of the Mongolian Altai. Flora 207: 450-458. [PDF file]