The altitude of the forest line that is generally marked by the upper limit of the dark coniferous forest zone in the vertical zones of natural vegetation is controlled by the temperatures and their annual range.

Soil hydro-physical properties under broadleaved Korean pine and dark coniferous forests on northern slope of Changbai Mountains;

Hydrological processes of a dark coniferous forested watershed in the upper reaches of Yangtze River.;

Hydrological effects of forest land in sub-alpine dark coniferous forests of the upper reaches of Yangtze River.;

Abies faxoniana is a dominant tree species of subalpine dark coniferous forests in the southwest of China, and is mainly distributed over the upper reaches of the Minjiang, Dadu and Bailong Rivers.

Response of clonal plasticity of Fargesia nitida to different canopy conditions of subalpine coniferous forest;