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Atlas of Woody Plants in China [electronic resource] : Distribution and Climate / edited by Jingyun Fang, Zhiheng Wang, Zhiyao Tang.

By: Fang, Jingyun [editor.].
Contributor(s): Wang, Zhiheng [editor.] | Tang, Zhiyao [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011Description: 2000p. 11219 illus., 19 illus. in color. In 2 volumes, not available separately. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642150173.Subject(s): Life sciences | Agriculture | Ecology | Applied Ecology | Botany | Nature Conservation | Life Sciences | Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography | Applied Ecology | Nature Conservation | Ecology | Plant Sciences | AgricultureDDC classification: 578.012 | 578.09 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction to the Compilation of This Atlas -- Characteristics of Distribution of Woody Plants in China -- Climatic Variables and Their Distribution in China -- Species Distribution and Climates.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: "Atlas of Woody Plants in China: Distribution and Climate” documents the spatially-explicit county-level distribution of all 11,405 woody plants in China, together with life form information for most species. It also provides climate information for each species, with the county-level average and range of 12 climatic indices and of vegetation net primary productivity. It is the first and largest comprehensive atlas in the world for the distribution of China’s plants and was compiled on the basis of almost all related literature published throughout China. The atlas should serve as an indispensable handbook for all those who are interested in the plants, ecology, geography, environment, horticulture, and silviculture of China and East Asia. Dr. Jingyun Fang is a Cheung Kong Professor at the Department of Ecology, Peking University, China. Dr. Zhiheng Wang and Dr. Zhiyao Tang are both ecologists working at the same institute.
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Introduction to the Compilation of This Atlas -- Characteristics of Distribution of Woody Plants in China -- Climatic Variables and Their Distribution in China -- Species Distribution and Climates.

"Atlas of Woody Plants in China: Distribution and Climate” documents the spatially-explicit county-level distribution of all 11,405 woody plants in China, together with life form information for most species. It also provides climate information for each species, with the county-level average and range of 12 climatic indices and of vegetation net primary productivity. It is the first and largest comprehensive atlas in the world for the distribution of China’s plants and was compiled on the basis of almost all related literature published throughout China. The atlas should serve as an indispensable handbook for all those who are interested in the plants, ecology, geography, environment, horticulture, and silviculture of China and East Asia. Dr. Jingyun Fang is a Cheung Kong Professor at the Department of Ecology, Peking University, China. Dr. Zhiheng Wang and Dr. Zhiyao Tang are both ecologists working at the same institute.

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