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 References 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 References Chapter 3 Evergreen sclerophyllous Quercus communities 3.1 Distribution and community types 3.2 Species diversity and dynamics of the forests References 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 References 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 References 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 References Chapter 7 Endemism and Tertiary relict forests 7.1 Endemism 7.2 Tertiary relict forests 7.
2.1 The Ginkgo biloba forest 7.2.2 The Metasequoia glyptostroboides forest 7.2.3 The Thuja sutchuenensis forest 7.2.4 The Davidia involucrata forest 7.
2.5 The Tetracentron sinense forest 7.2.6 The Liriodendron chinense forest, with special reference to village fengshui forest 7.2.7 Tertiary relict trees and their habitats References Chapter 8 Relations to neighboring regions 8.1 Phytogeographic considerations 8.2 The subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of SW China as compared to those in other regions 8.
2.1 As compared with other Chinese regions 8.2.2 As compared with Japan 8.2.3 As compared with Southeast Asia 8.2.4 As compared with the eastern Himalayas References Index.