Mount Emei - Evergreen Broad-leaved Forest Zone (660–1500 m alt.)

Tang, C.Q. and Ohsawa, M. 1997. Zonal transition of evergreen, deciduou and coniferous forests along the altitudinal gradient on a humid subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China. Plant Ecol. 133: 63-78.
Tang, C.Q., Li, T., Zhu, X. 2007. Structure and regeneration dynamics of free subtropical midmontane moist evergreen broad-leaved forests in southwestern Chinam with special reference to bamboo in the forest understories. Can. J. For. Res. 37: 2701-2714.
Teodoridis, V., Kovar-Eder, J., Mazouch, P. (2011): The IPR-vegetation analysis applied to modern vegetation in SE China and Japan. – PALAIOS, 26 (10): 623–638.
Teodoridis, V., Kovar-Eder, J., Mazouch, P. (2011): The IPR-vegetation analysis applied to modern vegetation in SE China and Japan. – PALAIOS, 26 (10): 623–638.

5 sampling plots sensu Tang and Ohsawa (1997, table 1, plots Nos. 2-4) and Tang et al. (2007, table 1, column EM)