导语

  

内容提要

  

    本书系统总结了我国第四纪化石孢粉类型和各区域代表性孢粉类型鉴别特征。全书分为三章：第一章综述了我国各区域现代植被和第四纪植被史，主要是为了让读者能够便捷了解我国不同地区植被演化历史，认识主要孢粉科属在第四纪孢粉学研究中的重要地位；第二章总结了我国各地区第四纪主要孢粉类型特征，并对易混淆的常见孢粉类型形态特征进行了鉴别对比，归纳了实用鉴定要点；第三章编制了我国各区域的孢粉图版及其说明，按照植物系统分类系统及科一级字母顺序依次排列制作成图版合计420幅，包括200余科，近1000属植物孢子与花粉。

Foreword 1
Foreword 2
Foreword 3
Preface
Chapter 1  Overview of Modern and Quaternary Vegetation in China
  1.1  Northwest Region
    1.1.1  Overview of modern vegetation
      1.1.1.1  Gobi Desert in eastern Xinjiang
      1.1.1.2  Extremely arid desert scrub in the Qaidam Basin
      1.1.1.3  Arid desert scrub and semi-scrub in the Hexi Corridor
      1.1.1.4  Forest-steppe and pine-oak forest in a temperate semi-humid and semi-arid transition zone of monsoon climate in the Loess Plateau
    1.1.2  Overview of Quaternary vegetation
      1.1.2.1  Vegetation and environment since the early Pleistocene in Qinghai region
      1.1.2.2  Holocene steppe/meadow succession in the northern Tibetan Plateau
      1.1.2.3  Vegetation and environment since the late Pleistocene in the Loess Plateau
      1.1.2.4  Vegetation and environment since the early Pleistocene in Xinjiang
  1.2  North Region Lingyu Tang， Chunhai Li and Caiming Shen
    1.2.1  Overview of modern vegetation
      1.2.1.1  Temperate coniferous and broadleaved mixed forest and meadow steppe in Northeast China
      1.2.1.2  Valley oak forest, Pinus tabulaeformis forest, and shrub steppe in Liaohe River Plain, North China Plain, South Shanxi Plain, and Central Shaanxi Plain
    1.2.2  Overview of Quaternary vegetation
      1.2.2.1  Vegetation and environment since the early Pleistocene in the North China Plain
      1.2.2.2  Vegetation and environment since the early Pleistocene in Northeast China
  1.3  Southeast Region Junwu Shu, Lingyu Tang and Caiming Shen
    1.3.1  Overview of modern vegetation
    1.3.2  Overview of Quaternary vegetation
      1.3.2.1  Vegetation succession since the mid-Pleistocene in Hubei
      1.3.2.2  Vegetation and environment since the late Pleistocene in the lower valley of the Yangtze River
      1.3.2.3  Forest succession since the last glaciation in the coastal region of Fujian
      1.3.2.4  Vegetation and environment since the late Pleistocene in central Taiwan Island
  1.4  South Region Limi Mao, Lingyu Tang and Caiming Shen
    1.4.1  Overview of modern vegetation
      1.4.1.1  Vegetation in the southern zone of middle subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests
      1.4.1.2  Vegetation in the southern subtropical monsoonal evergreen broadleaved forest zone
      1.4.1.3  Tropical semi-evergreen monsoonal forest and tropical monsoonal forest
    1.4.2  Overview of Quaternary vegetation
      1.4.2.1  Vegetation since the late Pleistocene in the Pearl River Delta and Chaoshan Plain
      1.4.2.2  Vegetation and climate since the late Pleistocene in Leizhou Peninsula and Holocene vegetation and climate in Hainan Island
      1.4.2.3  Late Quaternary pollen and spores, vegetation and climate records in the South China Sea
      1.4.2.4  Vegetation and climate since the late Pleistocene in Hong Kong
  1.5  Southwest Region Junwu Shu， Lingyu Tang and Caiming Shen
    1.5.1  Overview of modern vegetation
      1.5.1.1  Evergreen broadleaved forest in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and western Sichuan Plateau
      1.5.1.2  Vegetation dominated by coniferous forests in the southeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau
    1.5.2  Overview of Quaternary Vegetation
      1.5.2.1  Quaternary vegetation in northwestern Yunnan
      1.5.2.2  Quaternary vegetation and monsoonal climate history in western and southcentral Yunnan
      1.5.2.3  Vegetation since the mid-Pleistocene in western Sichuan
      1.5.2.4  Quaternary vegetation and environment in Guizhou
      1.5.2.5  Vegetation and monsoonal climate history since the late Pleistocene in southeastern Xizang
Chapter 2  Major Types of Quaternary Pollen and Spores and Their Characteristics in Different Regions of China
  2.1  Northwest Region Lingyu Tang, Limi Mao and Caiming Shen
    2.1.1  Types of Quaternary pollen and spores in northwest region
    2.1.2  Identifiable features of major Quaternary pollen and spores in northwest region
      2.1.2.1  Identifiable features of main pollen types of Compositae
      2.1.2.2  Identifiable features of Artemisia, Tamarix, and Zygophyllum pollen
      2.1.2.3  Identifiable features of Rhamnus, Hippophae, and Elaeagnus pollen
    2.1.3  Descriptions of morphological features for major Quaternary pollen and spores in northwest region
      2.1.3.1  Photomicrographs of major Quaternary pollen types in northwest region
      2.1.3.2  Descriptions of morphological features of major Quaternary pollen types in northwest region
  2.2  North Region Lingyu Tang and Caiming Shen
    2.2.1  Types of Quaternary pollen and spores in north region
    2.2.2  Identifiable feature of major Quaternary pollen types in north region
      2.2.2.1  Identification key of pollen morphology to the genera of Pinaceae
      2.2.2.2  Identifiable features of pollen morphology for the genera of Betulaceae
      2.2.2.4  Identifiable features of tricolpate pollen from Ranunculaceae and Labiatae
    2.2.3  Description of morphological features for major Quaternary pollen and
spores in north region
      2.2.3.1  Photomicrographs of major Quaternary pollen types in north region
      2.2.3.2  Description of morphological features for major Quaternary pollen types in north region
  2.3  Southeast Region
    2.3.1  Types of Quaternary pollen and spores in southeast region
    2.3.2  ldentifiable features of major Quaternary pollen and spores in southeast region
      2.3.2.1  Identifiable features of pollen morphology for Fagaceae
      2.3.2.2  Identification key of polen morpholoy to several genera of Fagaceae
      2.3.2.3  Comparison of identifiable features of the pollen morphology among several common and confusable genera of Fagaceae
      2.3.2.4  Identifiable features of pollen morphology for several common and confusable genera in tropical and subtropical regions
    2.3.3  Descriptions of morphological features for major Quaternary pollen and spores in southeast region
      2.3.3.1  Photomicrographs of major Quaternary pollen types in southeastregion.
      2.3.3.2  Descriptions of morphological features for major Quaternary pollen types in southeast region
  2.4  South Region
    2.4.1  Types of Quaternary pollen and spores in south region
    2.4.2  ldentifiable features of selected Quaternary pollen and spores in south region
      2.4.2.1  Modern distribution and paleophytogeography of Sonneratia and its identifiable features of pollen morpholoy
      2.4.2.2  Modern distribution and palaeoecological significance of Rhizophoraceae and its identifiable features of pollen morphology
    2.4.3  Photomicrographs and descriptions of morphological features of major Quatenary pollen and spores in south region
      2.4.3.1  Photomicrographs for major Quaternary pollen and spores in south region
      2.4.3.2  Descriptions of morphological features for major Quaternary polen and spores in south region
  2.5  Southwest Region
    2.5.1  Types of Quaternary pollen and spores in southwest region
    2.5.2  ldentifiable features of major Quaternary pollen and spores in southwest region
      2.5.2.1  Plant distribution and pollenfeatures of Pinaceae in southwest region
      2.5.2.2  ldentification key to pollen morphology of Pinaceae
    2.5.3  Descriptions of morphological features for major pollen and spores in southwest region
      2.5.3.1  Photomicrographs of common pollen and spores in southwest region
      2.5.3.2  Descripions of morphological featuresof major polen andsporesin southwest region
Chapter 3  Plates and Descriptions of Quaternary Pollen and Spores in Different Regions of China
  3.1  Northwest Region
    Pteridophyte Spores: Northwest Region Plates 1-3
    Gymnosperm Pollen: Northwest Region Plates 3-10
    Angiosperm Pllen: Northwest Region Plates 11-63
  3.2  North Region
    Algae Spores: North Region Plates 1-3
    Bryophyte Spores: North Region Plate 4
    Pteridophyte Spores: North Region Plates 5-9
    Gymnosperm Pollen: North Region Plates 9-24
    Angiosperm Pollen: North Region Plates 25-63
  3.3  Southeast Region
    Algae Spores: Southeast Region Plates 1-5
    Pteridophyte Spores: Southeast Region Plates 5-16
    Gymnosperm Pollen: Southeast Region Plates 17-24
    Angiosperm Pollen: Southeast Region Plates 25-108
  3.4  South Region
    Pteridophyte Spores: South Region Plates 1-6
    Gymnosperm Pollen: South Region Plates 7-9
    Angiosperm Pollen: South Region Plates 10-44
  3.5  Southwest Region
    Algae Spores: Southwest Region Plates 1-11
    Bryophyte Spores: Southwest Region Plate 12
    Pteridophyte Spores: Southwest Region Plates 13-40
    Gymnosperm Pollen: Southwest Region Plates 41-69
    Angiosperm Pollen: Southwest Region Plates 70-130
References
Appendix: Index of Chinese endemic genera of seed plants
Index of Latin name