2018
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8110414
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Present Glaciers of Tavan Bogd Massif in the Altai Mountains, Central Asia, and Their Changes since the Little Ice Age

Abstract: The Tavan Bogd mountains (of which, the main peak, Khuiten Uul, reaches 4374 m a.s.l.) are situated in the central part of the Altai mountain system, in the territories of Russia, Mongolia and China. The massif is the largest glacierized area of Altai. The purposes of this study were to provide a full description of the scale and structure of the modern glacierized area of the Tavan Bogd massif, to reconstruct the glaciers of the Little Ice Age (LIA), to estimate the extent of the glaciers in 1968, and to dete… Show more

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“…For the assessment across the 4 study areas, we considered all livestock, humans, and dogs as a single category, while for the focal area assessment, we considered small-and large-sized livestock separately. Parameters include elevation and distance to herders' tents or houses (i.e., ger) indicate that this area is suboptimal for this felid, likely because it is generally higher in elevation and has more extensive glacial and snow cover relative to the other areas (Ganyushkin et al 2018). The Pallas's cat appears to prefer areas that are steep, with natural vegetation and higher occurrence of prey, matching the high habitat and dietary specialization known for this species (Ross et al 2019a, Chimed et al 2021, Greenspan and Giordano 2021.…”
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“…For the assessment across the 4 study areas, we considered all livestock, humans, and dogs as a single category, while for the focal area assessment, we considered small-and large-sized livestock separately. Parameters include elevation and distance to herders' tents or houses (i.e., ger) indicate that this area is suboptimal for this felid, likely because it is generally higher in elevation and has more extensive glacial and snow cover relative to the other areas (Ganyushkin et al 2018). The Pallas's cat appears to prefer areas that are steep, with natural vegetation and higher occurrence of prey, matching the high habitat and dietary specialization known for this species (Ross et al 2019a, Chimed et al 2021, Greenspan and Giordano 2021.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The moderate occupancy and very low detectability we estimated are broadly consistent with the presumed low density of this species (Ross et al 2012, Anile et al 2021), while the proportion of sites used on sites sampled is comparable with that of Chimed et al (2021). The significantly lower occupancy in Tavan Bogd may indicate that this area is suboptimal for this felid, likely because it is generally higher in elevation and has more extensive glacial and snow cover relative to the other areas (Ganyushkin et al 2018). The Pallas's cat appears to prefer areas that are steep, with natural vegetation and higher occurrence of prey, matching the high habitat and dietary specialization known for this species (Ross et al 2019 a , Chimed et al 2021, Greenspan and Giordano 2021).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In our past publications, we reconstructed in detail the LIA glaciers of different glacial centers of Altai and their gradual reduction [50,[74][75][76][77]. The first generalization of our data on LIA reconstructions and subsequent reduction of glaciers was made by us for the arid regions of Altai (533 contemporary glaciers with the total area 313.4 km 2 , 450 LIA glaciers with the total area 635.6 km 2 ).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…For such cases we used indicators defined by Loibl et al [36]: active ice indicators are "smooth" debris surface, linear flow structures, and constrained tributaries; dead ice indicators are rugged debris surface, melting ponds, unconstrained tributaries, and pioneer plants. We added two more diagnostic signs: for the massifs of of dead ice it is typical when the water flows into tunnels and its exits from other tunnels down the slope; the active glacial edge is marked by marginal flows that join at the lowest point of the glacier [50]. All these indicators work well, with the exception of pioneer plants, which, due to the dry climate of the central and eastern parts of Altai, are absent near the glaciers in those areas and appear only on the surface of inactive rock glaciers.…”
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