Classification of the high-mountain coniferous forests in
Taiwan

J 2012

Classification of the high-mountain coniferous forests in Taiwan

LIN, Cheng-Tao, Ching-Feng LI, David ZELENÝ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Yukito NAKAMURA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Classification of the high-mountain coniferous forests in Taiwan

Authors

LIN, Cheng-Tao (158 Taiwan), Ching-Feng LI (158 Taiwan, guarantor, belonging to the institution), David ZELENÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Yukito NAKAMURA (392 Japan), Ming-Yih CHEN (158 Taiwan), Tze-Ying CHEN (158 Taiwan), Yue-Joe HSIA (158 Taiwan), Chang-Fu HSIEH (158 Taiwan), Ho-Yih LIU (158 Taiwan), Jenn-Che WANG (158 Taiwan), Sheng-Zehn YANG (158 Taiwan), Ching-Long YEH (158 Taiwan) and Chyi-Rong CHIOU (158 Taiwan)

Edition

Folia Geobotanica, Springer, 2012, 1211-9520

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.565

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00057839

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9128-y

UT WoS

000311392400002

Keywords in English

Braun-Blanquet approach; Phytosociology; Plant communities; Syntaxonomy; Vaccinio-Piceetea; Vegetation classification; Woodland

Abstract

V originále

Vegetation of boreal coniferous forests has been extensively studied in many areas of northern Eurasia and North America, but similar forests in the high mountains of subtropical and tropical eastern Asia have been poorly documented so far. This paper, focusing on such forests, is the first phytosociological study at a national scale in Taiwan. The relevés from the National Vegetation Diversity Inventory and Mapping Project database were used to define vegetation types of the high-mountain coniferous forests and to characterize their distribution in Taiwan. Environmental variables such as aspect, elevation, soil rockiness and slope were related to species composition. Cluster analysis was used to classify relevés and establish groups that were interpreted as nine associations belonging to two alliances. The alliance Juniperion squamatae represents woodlands and forests scattered in the subalpine belt, in which Juniperus squamata dominates the canopy and subalpine meadow species occur in the understory. The Abieti kawakamii-Tsugion formosanae alliance includes forests dominated by Abies kawakamii and Tsuga chinensis var. formosana with shade-tolerant herb species in the upper montane belt. In addition to regional vegetation description, an identification key for the studied forests was developed based on the classification tree technique.

Links

GAP505/11/0732, research and development project

Name: Zobecněná řízená klasifikace v ekologii společenstev

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

GD526/09/H025, research and development project

Name: Evolučně-ekologická analýza společenstev a populací

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Evolutionary ecological analysis of communities and populations

Citovat

LIN, Cheng-Tao, Ching-Feng LI, David ZELENÝ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Yukito NAKAMURA, Ming-Yih CHEN, Tze-Ying CHEN, Yue-Joe HSIA, Chang-Fu HSIEH, Ho-Yih LIU, Jenn-Che WANG, Sheng-Zehn YANG, Ching-Long YEH and Chyi-Rong CHIOU. Classification of the high-mountain coniferous forests in Taiwan. Folia Geobotanica. Springer, 2012, vol. 47, No 4, p. 373-401. ISSN 1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9128-y.

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LIN, Cheng-Tao, Ching-Feng LI, David ZELENÝ, Milan CHYTRÝ, Yukito NAKAMURA, Ming-Yih CHEN, Tze-Ying CHEN, Yue-Joe HSIA, Chang-Fu HSIEH, Ho-Yih LIU, Jenn-Che WANG, Sheng-Zehn YANG, Ching-Long YEH and Chyi-Rong CHIOU. Classification of the high-mountain coniferous forests in Taiwan. \textit{Folia Geobotanica}. Springer, 2012, vol.~47, No~4, p.~373-401. ISSN~1211-9520. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9128-y.

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