Overview
- Offers the first detailed quantitative analysis of the subtropical vegetation of southwestern China
- Provides the first synthesis of a number of recently identified rare forests that survived the Ice Age
- Extensively illustrated with 126 figures and maps as well as some 137 color photos
Part of the book series: Plant and Vegetation (PAVE, volume 11)
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Subtropical Vegetation of Southwestern China
Book Subtitle: Plant Distribution, Diversity and Ecology
Authors: Cindy Q. Tang
Series Title: Plant and Vegetation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9741-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9740-5Published: 12 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0407-4Published: 23 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9741-2Published: 27 April 2015
Series ISSN: 1875-1318
Series E-ISSN: 1875-1326
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 363
Number of Illustrations: 117 b/w illustrations, 78 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Ecology, Community & Population Ecology, Biodiversity, Forestry, Terrestial Ecology