An altitudinal sequence of vegetation of Hokuriku Region during the Middle Pleistocene as reconstructed from the macrofossil plants discovered in the Kureha Hills, Toyama, Japan
Publisher: Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy 56:1-6.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Japan
Table of contents: title: Based on the plant macrofossils dicovered in the Kureha Hills, Toyama, Japan, a possible altitudinal vegetation sequence of the Hokuriku Region, Japan, during the Middle Pleistocene Period was reconstructed. Based on the ecological amplitude of the extant respective species against the Kira's warmth index, the climatic conditions of the Middle Pleistocene were inferred. Then, mean annual temperature of the region during the Middle Pleistocene was determined to be ca. 10 ℃ lower than the present days. This suggested that altitudinal belts of vegetation of the region were approximately 1,800 m lower than those of the present day.