Distribution, species diversity and life-form spectra of plant communities along an altitudinal gradient in the northern slopes of Qilianshan Mountains, Gansu, China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-181

  Wang, Guohong ^a   Zhou, Guangsheng ^a   Yang, Limin ^a   Li, Zhenqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; Detrended Canonical Correspondence Analysis (DCCA); Plant community; Plant life form; Species diversity; Tibetan Plateau; Two way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN)

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH FORM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA;

AJANIA FRUTICULOSA; CARAGANA; HALOGETON; PICEA; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM VIVIPARUM; REAUMURIA; STIPA;

EID: 0037281774     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022236115186     Document Type: Article

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