Preliminary Researches on Bio-Geographical Divisions of China
中国生物地理区划研究

On the basis of comprehensive physical factors including altitude, landforms, climate, vegetation, hydrology, land-use, etc., the present paper divides China's territory into 124 basic units by using the GIS technique. 171 species of mammals and 509 of higher plants were selected for the study according to certain principles. Distribution information for these species were entered into the China Species Information System, and converted into geographical coordinates. Presence-absence information for mammal...