Rubber plantation and its relationship with topographical factors in the border region of China, Laos and Myanmar

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

LIU, X.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, Chine

FENG, Z.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, Chine

JIANG, L.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, Chine

LI, P.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, Chine

LIAO, C.

Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chine

YANG, Y.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, Chine

YOU, Z.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, Chine

Description :
The AA. examine the rubber plantation and its relationship with topographical factors in the border region of China, Laos and Myanmar. They show that for the period of time study, it expanded further in all directions with Jinghong City as the center. Also, a great proportion of rubber plantation concentrated in the appropriate elevation gradients between 600 and 1000 m. They also demonstrate that there in an increase in area at higher elevations and steeper slopes in China, while there were large appropriate topographical gradients for rubber plantation in Laos and Myanmar which benefited China for rubber trans-boundary expansion.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geographical sciences. Acta geographica sinica, issn : 1009-637X, 2013, vol. 23, n°. 6, p. 1019-1040, nombre de pages : 22, Références bibliographiques : 34 ref.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Chine

Langue :
Anglais