The outstanding universal value and conservation of Hubei Shennongjia : the World Natural Heritage site / Zongqiang Xie, Guozhen Shen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xie, Zongqiang, author.

Shen, Guozhen (Electrical engineer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--China.

Natural history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 186 p. 117 illus., 75 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Beijing, China ; Gateway East, Singapore : Science Press : Springer, [2021]

Summary:

This book owes a great deal to the outstanding universal value of the natural heritage of Hubei Shennongjia, which offers an outstanding example of the ongoing ecological processes occurring in the development of intact subtropical mixed broad-leaved evergreen and deciduous forests in the northern hemisphere. The book demonstrates the value from the typical example of mountain altitudinal biological zones in the Oriental Deciduous Forest Biogeographical Province, and the vital origin location for global temperate flora, harboring the highest concentration of global temperate genera. Moreover, the heritage value in exceptional biodiversity and key habitat for numerous relic, rare, endangered, endemic, and type specimen species are presented. The richness of deciduous woody species in Shennongjia is the highest in the world. .

Contents:

Chapter 1. Natural Condition

Chapter 2. History

Chapter 3. Plant diversity

Chapter 4. Animal diversity

Chapter 5. Vegetation and ecosystem

Chapter 6. Outstanding universal value

Chapter 7. Factors affecting Hubei Shennongjia

Chapter 8. Protection of Hubei Shennongjia

Chapter 9. Tourism development management

Chapter 10. Integrated management and community development.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-16-0684-6

OCLC:

1255237094