Abstract
According to Morózov the oak is in Russia a species characteristic of the neighbourhood of the steppes. The oak region is a field of battle between forest and steppe, where under natural conditions the forest will obtain the upper hand. In accordance with this view the whole oak region of European Russia may be divided into three zones:
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The belt of old forest steppe or of continuous oak forest where the struggle has been brought to a conclusion with the victory of the forest, and the loess (earlier steppe soil) is occupied by it. This forest zone is now split into fragments owing to the extensive destruction of the forest by man.
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The belt of the existing forest steppe where the oak is developed in island-like clumps, near the banks of rivers.
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The steppe belt, where forest is confined to ravines and does not extend to plateaux.
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Keller, B.A. (1971). The Steppe and Forest Steppe of European Russia. In: Eyre, S.R. (eds) World Vegetation Types. The Geographical Readings series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15440-1_16
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