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Post-symposium excursion II - Sikhote-Alin (Kirill Korznikov): July 25, 2020 - August 01, 2020

Excursion start: July 25 at 8 a.m. from Far Eastern Federal University Campus
Finish: August 01 at 18:00 Far Eastern Federal University Campus
Capacity 25 persons

COST: 850 USD per person

This excursion is fully booked on time of 05:30 am UTS 04.02.2020. You may still register and we will add your name to the waiting list, decision on inclusion of persons from the waiting list to the main group will be made on 25 March, 2020.

Specific instructions

Limit number of participants – 25. Main vehicle is a bus with a help of 4 by 4 SUVs or vans in some places. Please be ready to stay in the hotel rooms or log cabins for 2 or 3 persons. This is going to be a relatively comfortable excursion. It is recommended to have your regular field cloth.

More details will be sent to excursion participants directly

Before registration, please make sure you have registered as a participant of the 63rd IAVS symposium. You will need your registration number that came with the invoice for registration fee payment (invoice number). Your participation in excursion is secured when you receive our confirmation.

Contact person: Kirill Korznikov [korzkir@mail.ru]

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Excursion itinerary
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Excursion map

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Major landscapes along the road in the south of Primorye Region

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Temperate deciduous broadleaved-Korean pine forest

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Climate diagram for Vladivostok station

July 25
Long 360-km drive from Vladivostok to Chuguevka town with stops to observe secondary Quercus mongolica forests, wet and dry meadows, eutrophic bogs. Overnight stay in small hotel in Chuguevka.
July 26
Visiting National Park "The Tiger's Call". Climbing the Oblachnaya Mountain (1854 m a.s.l., vertical distance by feet - 800 m). Observation of vertical zonation typical to the southern Sikhote-Alin mountain range: mixed broad-leaved-Korean pine forests, conifer spruce-fir forests, Betula ermannii (ssp. lanata) croocked forest, Pinus pumila thickets, alpine tundra (lowered). Overnight stay in small hotel in Chuguevka.
July 27
Trip to Terney (365 km) with long stops for observation of mixed Picea jesoensis-Abies nephrolepis forests, Larix maritima forests, coastal vegetation near Rudnaya Pristan'. Overnight stay in small hotel in Terney.
July 28
Morning excursion to the old-growth mixed broadleaved-conifer forests; evening excursion along the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea) for observation of the marine terrace vegetation, Quercus mongolica coastal forests, meadows, bogs, lakes and rock clifs faced to the sea. Overnight stay in small hotel in Terney.
July 29
Trip to Roshchino (266 km) with long stops for observation of (1) old-growth river valley forests on Bolshaya Ussurka (Iman) River composed of Chosenia arbutifolia, Populus maximowiczii, Fraxinus mandshurica, Juglans mandshurica; (2) temperate old-growth mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forests dominated by Pinus koraiensis, Betula costata, Tilia amurensis, Quercus mongolica; (3) montane Picea jezoensis and Abies nephrolepis forests. Overnight stay in small hotel in Roshchino.
July 30
Trip to Kamen-Rybolov town (400 km) with long stops for observation of (1) secondary Quercus mongolica forests; (2) wet and dry meadow vegetation. Overnight stay in small hotel in Kamen-Rybolov.
July 31
Excursions to Hanka Lake, observation of Pinus sylvestris relic forest stands, steppe-like dry meadows on lake terraces, aquatic vegetation. Overnight stay in small hotel in Kamen-Rybolov.
August 01
Way back to Vladivostok. Observation of a variety of meadow vegetation and major agricultural landscape of Primorye region. Overnight stay in hotel in Vladivostok (is not included in package, we help to book Far Eastern Federal University hotel). End of excursion.
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Mixed Picea jezoensis-Abies nephrolepis forest

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Subalpine Betula ermannii ssp. lanata forest at elevation 1300-1500 m. a.s.l.

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Mountainous landscapes in the axial ridge of Sikhote-Alin

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View on the top of Snezhnaya (Snowy) Mountain

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On the top of Snezhnaya (Snowy) Mountain

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Seaview landscapes on the eastern macroslope of Sikhote-Alin

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The Sea of Japan (East Sea) coast

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The Sea of Japan (East Sea) coast

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Korean pine forest in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere nature reserve

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Leontopodium palibinianum on marine terrace in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere nature reserve

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Bolshaya Ussurka (Iman) River in its middle course

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Bolshaya Ussurka (Iman) River in its middle course

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Schisandra chinensis

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Forest creeck

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Armu river - one of the wildest rivers in the south of the Russian Far East

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Landscapes along the road between Roshchino and Kamen-Rybolov

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Aquatice vegetation dominated by Nymphoides peltata

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Dry meadow with blooming Hemerocallis lilioasphodellus

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Iris ensata

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Wet meadow with blooming Iris ensata



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