Altitudinal distribution of evergreen broad-leaved trees and their leaf-size pattern on a humid subtropical mountain, Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-233

  Tang, Cindy Q ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Forest stratification; Latitudinal gradient; Leaf traits; Specific leaf weight; Tree life forms

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF;

CHINA;

EID: 0033383806     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009856020744     Document Type: Article

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