Vertical vegetation zones along 30° N latitude in humid East Asia

Vegetatio

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-149

  Fang, Jing Yun ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^b   Kira, Tatuo ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Fagus; Himalayas; Montana vegetation; Thermal climate; Tsuga

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; VEGETATION ZONE;

ASIA, (EAST); CHINA, TIBET;

FAGACEAE; FAGUS; PINACEAE; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 0030425531     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00045600     Document Type: Article

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