Phytosociology of the Beech (Fagus) forests in East Asia
By: Tukasa Hukusima [and nine others]
Series: Geobotany Studies; Geobotany studies
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9783642356193; 9783642356209
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Beech; Forests and forestry
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257).
Table of contents: title: Phytosociology of the Beech (Fagus) forests in East Asia; title: Syntaxonomy of the East Asiatic Fagus forests; title: Synthetic remarks; title: Appendices.