Altitudinal zonation of evergreen broad-leaved forest on Mount Lopei, Taiwan

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-212

  Hsieh, Chang Fu ^a   Chen, Zueng Sang ^a   Hsu, Yueh Mei ^a   Yang, Kuoh Chieng ^a   Hsieh, Tsung Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Floristics; Forest type; Gradient analysis; Population structure; Soil; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; FLORISTIC COMPOSITION; FOREST STRUCTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

MOUNT LOPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031809478     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237119     Document Type: Article

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