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Hubei Shennongjia is located in the Palaearctic Realm of the world’s eight biogeographical realms and belongs to the Oriental Deciduous Forest Biogeographical Province which is one of the 193 biogeographical provinces. The natural vegetation in Hubei Shennongjia is classified into 5 vegetation groups, 11 vegetation types and 46 formations. The natural conditions of Hubei Shennongjia vary greatly with altitude. As a result, there are six typical zonalities in Hubei Shennongjia along the elevational gradients. The zonalities are subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests, northern subtropical mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests, warm temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests, temperate mixed needle-leaved and broad-leaved forests, cold temperate coniferous forests, and subalpine fruticose and meadow communities There are six kinds of first-level IUCN/SSC habitats in Hubei Shennongjia. The main habitats such as forests, shrublands and grasslands.
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Xie, Z., Shen, G. (2021). Vegetation and Ecosystem. In: The outstanding universal value and conservation of Hubei Shennongjia . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0684-7_5
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