On baseline vegetation in Northern China
中国北方地区的本底植被

A few of concepts related to a baseline vegetation have been defined. Among them, potential vegetation is defined as the vegetation that would occur under the current climate condition without any disturbance from human activity, and original vegetation is defined as the vegetation that actually occurred prior to the significant interference from human activity. Both potential vegetation and original vegetation are classified into baseline vegetation. Potential vegetation distribution could be obtained by i...