Forest Vegetation of Northeast Asia

When two of us (Jifi Kolbek, Miroslav Sriltek) were working in North Korea on the Czech­ Slovak field expeditions of the early 1990s, we did not think initially of comparing our results with the vegetation of surrounding areas or of writing a book. Our efforts mainly involved observing and documenti...

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Other Authors: Kolbek, Jirí (Editor), Srutek, M. (Editor), Box, Elgene E. O. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Geobotany
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 — Introduction
  • 2 — Climate of Northeast Asia
  • 3 — Basic Geomorphological and Geological Characteristics of Northeast Asia
  • 4 — Phytogeography of Northeast Asia
  • 5 — Forest Vegetation of Easternmost Russia (Russian Far East)
  • 6 — Forest Vegetation of Northeast China
  • 7 — Forest Vegetation of Northern Japan and the Southern Kurils
  • 8 — Forest Vegetation of the Northern Korean Peninsula
  • 9 — Vegetation-Environment Relationships Within and Among Selected Natural Forests in North Korea
  • 10 — Species and Spatial Structure of Forests on the Southeastern Slope of Paektu-San, North Korea
  • 11 — Comparison of Forest Syntaxa and Types in Northeast Asia