THE STUDY OF PLANT COMMUNITIES

By JAMES WILLIAMS

CONTENTS PHYTOSOCIOLOGY OF THE BEECH (FAGUS) FORESTS IN EAST ASIA INTRODUCTION FAGUS SPECIES AND ASSOCIATED FORESTS IN EAST ASIA METHODS FOR STRUCTURING THE VEGETATION ANALYSIS CLASSI?CATION OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES SYNTAXONOMY OF THE EAST ASIATIC FAGUS FORESTS INTRODUCTORY NOTES I FAGETEA CRENATAE (MIYAWAKI ET AL 1964) (RUN NO 1–27) A FAGETALIA MULTINERVIS (KIM ET AL 1986) (RUN NO 1–5) B SASO-FAGETALIA (SUZUKI 1966) (RUN NO 6–27) II LITSEO ELONGATAE-FAGETEA SP DIV CL NOV (RUN NO 28–48) C SINARUNDINARIO NITIDAE–FAGETALIA SP DIV (RUN NO 28–46) D FAGETALIA HAYATAE (HUKUSIMA ET AL 2005) (RUN NO 47–48) III CLASS OF EVERGREEN-BROADLEAVED FORESTS (CLASS NAME AND DE?NITION ARE STILL UNDECIDED) E ORDER OF EVERGREEN-BROADLEAVED FORESTS (ORDER NAME AND DE?NITION ARE STILL UNDECIDED) FINAL COMMENT SYNTHETIC REMARKS THE FLORA OF THE EAST ASIATIC FAGUS FORESTS INVESTIGATION OF PLANT COMMUNITIES AT THE LEVEL OF GENUS COMPOSITION PHYTOGEGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS AT THE FAMILY LEVEL LIFE FORM COMPOSITION OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF VEGETATION AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS SOME RE?ECTIONS ON ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE BEECH FOREST IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE