Variation in plant species richness of different life forms along a subtropical elevation gradients in the Himalayas, East Nepal

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-340

  Bhattarai, Khem Raj ^a   Vetaas, Ole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; Elevation gradient; Macroecology; Nepal; Species richness; Subtropics; Water energy dynamics; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ELEVATION; MACROECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANT; RAINFALL;

NEPAL; ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0042766264     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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