By Tukasa Hukusima, Tetsuya Matsui

This publication describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which include diverse species of the genus Fagus. The plants is primarily deciduous within the northern areas, while in South China evergreen bushes is also came across: a complete of 21 plant groups are defined, with information on species composition, dominance, geographical distribution and ecology. A basic comparability is equipped via synoptic desk 1, which info the frequencies of ca. 1500 species  becoming within the Fagus forests; biodiversity and evolution are mentioned. The ebook, that's the fruit of an immense overseas collaboration, offers a synthesis of prolonged unique investigations by means of the authors and infrequently obtainable expert literature.