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- Title
Vertical zonation of mountain landscape: A review.
- Authors
Sun Ran-Hao; Chen Li-Ding; Zhang Bai-Ping; Fu Bo-Jie
- Abstract
Vertical gradient of mountain landscape is about 1000 times of its horizontal gradient, and hence, only using landscape pattern index is quite difficult to reflect the landscape regularity along vertical gradient. Mountain altitudinal belt is a kind of classic geographic models representing the vertical differentiation of landscape, being of significance in geographic and ecological researches. However, the discrete expression pattern and the inaccuracy of the borderlines of mountain vertical belts limit the roles of mountain vertical belt in accurately describing landscape pattern in regional scale and in explaining ecological processes. This paper reviewed the research progress and existing problems on mountain altitudinal belt, put forward a suggestion of using modern information technology to establish a comprehensive and continuous mountain landscape information chart, and discussed the framework and prospect of the establishment of the chart, which would have reference value for accurately describing mountain landscape pattern and explaining specific ecological processes, and promote the further improvement of the methodology for mountain ecological research.
- Subjects
MOUNTAIN environmental conditions; HILLSIDE landscape architecture; LANDSCAPES; MATHEMATICAL models; ECONOMIC geography; INFORMATION technology; ECOLOGICAL research; STRUCTURAL frames; METHODOLOGY; CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 7, p1617
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article