%A Wang Xuan, Chen Guoke, Guo Ke, Ma Keping %T A supplemental dataset to the Vegetation Map of the People’s Republic China (1:1,000,000): Forest and scrub formations %0 Journal Article %D 2019 %J Biodiv Sci %R 10.17520/biods.2019147 %P 1138-1142 %V 27 %N 10 %U {https://www.biodiversity-science.net/CN/abstract/article_60205.shtml} %8 2019-10-20 %X

The Vegetation Map of the People’s Republic of China (1:1,000,000) is the most important dataset for vegetation studies in China. However, some vegetation formations were not included in the Vegetation Map of China due to limitations of data and mapping techniques in the last century. In order to update the dataset, we collected data of vegetation formations and their distributions from the literature (1950-present). Based on the phytocoenology-ecology principle, formations with the same dominant species were classified as the same formation. Compared to formations in the Vegetation Map of the People’s Republic of China (1:1,000,000), we added 1,475 new vegetation formations of forests and scrubs.