The Subtropical Vegetation of Southwestern China - Plant Distribution, Diversity and Ecology

This book provides a wealth of high-quality scientific information on the patterns and processes of vegetation change across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, concentrating on Southwestern China, mostly on the Yunnan region, and extending to the Yangtze River valley near the boundaries separating Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou.

List of contents

1. Introduction. - 2. Evergreen broad-leaved forests. - 3. Evergreen sclerophyllous Quercus forests. - 4. Warm temperate coniferous forests. - 5. Man-made forests. - 6. Semi-savannas in hot-dry valleys. - 7. Endemism and Tertiary relict forests. - 8. Relations to relevant regions.

Summary

This book provides a wealth of high-quality scientific information on the patterns and processes of vegetation change across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, concentrating on Southwestern China, mostly on the Yunnan region, and extending to the Yangtze River valley near the boundaries separating Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou.

Product details

• Authors: Cindy Q Tang, Cindy Q. Tang
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9789401797405
• ISBN: 978-94-0-179740-5
• No. of pages: 363
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 243 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 740 g
• Illustrations: XI, 363 p. 195 illus., 78 illus. in color.
• Series: Plant and Vegetation; Plant and Vegetation
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Ecology, Zoology & animal sciences, Biodiversity, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant Ecology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Forestry, Terrestial Ecology, Community ecology, Biotic, Community & Population Ecology, Community and Population Ecology