Survival of a tertiary relict species, <i>Liriodendron chinense</i> (Magnoliaceae), in southern China, with special reference to village fengshui forests

The traditional human land use, influenced by cultural values, has supplemented infrequent natural disturbances, providing regeneration niches for this and other Tertiary remnant species near villages in mountain valleys, while on uninhabited mountain slopes the species depends on natural disturbances to survive.