Phytosociology of the Beech (Fagus) Forests in East Asia

This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. The vegetation is primarily deciduous in the northern regions, whereas in South China evergreen trees can also be found: a total of 21 plant communities are described, with data on species composition, dominance, geographical distribution and ecology. A general comparison is provided by synoptic Table 1, which details the frequencies of ca. 1500 species growing in the Fagus forests; biodiversity and evolution are discussed. The book, which is the fruit of a major international collaboration, presents a synthesis of extended original investigations by the authors and hardly accessible specialist literature.

List of contents

Introduction.- Syntaxonomy of the East Asiatic Fagus Forests.- Synthetic Remarks.

Summary

This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. The vegetation is primarily deciduous in the northern regions, whereas in South China evergreen trees can also be found: a total of 21 plant communities are described, with data on species composition, dominance, geographical distribution and ecology. A general comparison is provided by synoptic Table 1, which details the frequencies of ca. 1500 species  growing in the Fagus forests; biodiversity and evolution are discussed. The book, which is the fruit of a major international collaboration, presents a synthesis of extended original investigations by the authors and hardly accessible specialist literature.

Product details

• Authors: Hidekazu Honma, Tukas Hukusima, Tukasa Hukusima, Moon-Hong Kim, Sheng-You Lu, Tetsuy Matsui, Tetsuya Matsui, Takayoshi Nishio, Sandro Pignatti, Yuehua Wang, Liang YANG, Masato Yoshikawa
• Assisted by: Sandro Pignatti (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2013
• EAN: 9783642356193
• ISBN: 978-3-642-35619-3
• No. of pages: 257
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 242 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Illustrations: XI, 257 p.
• Series: Geobotany Studies; Geobotany Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; B, Botany, Earth and Environmental Science, Plant Ecology, Botany & plant sciences, Earth System Sciences, Physical geography, Geobiology, Biogeosciences, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Physical geography & topography