Unexpected burst of new data on vascular plants flora for the Lesser Kuril Ridge and the whole Kuril archipelago

• Published in: Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
• Main Authors: Polina A. Volkova, Maria O. Ivanova, Ivan A. Dadykin, Nikita P. Tikhomirov, Maxim Y. Grigoryan, Yurii O. Kopylov-Guskov, Alexander A. Bobrov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Aquatic vascular plants; Biodiversity; Hybrids; Rare species; Sakhalin region; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Polonskogo; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2020.06.014; https://doaj.org/article/9cb44028f43d4aeaa64d5d9b9139582e

Flora of the southern Kuril continental islands is extremely diverse due to the complex history of geology and climate, fluctuating connections with other territories in the past, and the habitat diversity of the archipelago. It is likely well-investigated due to the long history of botanical studie...