Relations of soil properties to topography and vegetation in a subtropical rain forest in southern Taiwan

Plant Ecology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-241

  Chen, Zueng Sang ^a   Hsieh, Chang Fu ^a   Jiang, Feei Yu ^a   Hsieh, Tsung Hsin ^a   Sun, I Fang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CCA; Exposure; Forest stature; Monsoon wind; Nanjenshan; Nutrient; RDA; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST; SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-VEGETATION RELATIONSHIP; SUBTROPICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

TAIWAN, NANJENSHAN RESERVE;

EID: 0030886252     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009762704553     Document Type: Article

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