Tang, C: Subtropical Vegetation of Southwestern China

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Environmental setting

1.1.1 Physiography

1.1.2 Climate

1.1.3 Geology

1.2.4 Soils

1.2 Vegetation changes over geological time

1.2.1 Vegetation in the Early Tertiary

1.2.2 Vegetation in the Late Tertiary

1.2.3 Vegetation in the Quaternary

1.3 Floristics and vegetation

1.4 Human influences

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Chapter 2 Evergreen broad-leaved forests

2.1 Forest types

2.2 Species diversity

2.3 Leaf size patterns of evergreen broad-leaved trees along the altitudinal gradient

2.3.1 Floristic changes in evergreen broad-leaved trees by altitudes

2.3.2 Leaf size changes along the altitudinal gradient

2.3.3 Leaf traits in the differentiation of forest types

2.4 Structure and dynamics of primary EBLFs

2.5 Secondary succession

2.5.1 Successional trends

2.5.2 Species diversity along the successional gradient

2.5.3 Soil seed banks

2.6 Threats of habitat fragmentation and degradation

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Chapter 3 Evergreen sclerophyllous Quercus communities

3.1 Distribution and community types

3.2 Species diversity and dynamics of the forests

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Chapter 4 Warm temperate coniferous forests

4.1 Distribution and forest types

4.2 Dynamics of Pinus yunnanensis forests after a major fire

4.2.1 Community structure and regeneration

4.2.2 Succession

4.2.3 A model on successional pathways

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Chapter 5 Man-made forests

5.1 Controversial opinions

5.2 Plant diversity and regeneration dynamics

5.3 Hydrological characteristics and nutrient loss

5.4 Nutrient cycling

5.4.1 Litter production and nutrient inputs

5.4.2 Soil chemical properties

5.5 Ecosystem processes

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Chapter 6 Semi-savannas in hot-dry valleys

6.1 Characteristics of hot-dry valleys

6.2 Semi-savannas

6.2.1 Sparse woody grassland

6.2.2 Thorny succulent shrubland

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Chapter 7 Endemism and Tertiary relict forests

7.1 Endemism

7.2