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SUBMITTER: Jia X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5430525 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jia Xin X Lee Harry F HF Cui Mengchun M Liu Chao C Zeng Lin L Yue Ricci P H RPH Zhao Yang Y Lu Huayu H
Scientific reports 20170420 1
There are 56 officially-recognized ethnic groups in China. However, the distinct geographic patterns of various ethnic groups in relation to the physical environment in China have rarely been investigated. Based on the geo-referenced physical environmental parameters of 455 Han, Tu, Hui, Salar, Mongolian, and Tibetan communities in Qinghai, we found that the communities could be statistically demarcated by temperature and aridity threshold according to their ethnicity, implying that the geograph ...[more]