Floristic zonation of tree communities on wet tropical mountains revisited

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-104

  Ashton, Peter S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; East Asian mountains; Floristic ecotones; Humid tropics; Mass elevation; Soil changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ECOTONE; FLORISTICS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA; BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS; MALAYSIA; MOUNT KINABALU; SABAH;

BRYOPHYTA; ISOPTERA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; QUERCUS;

EID: 0043210725     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00044     Document Type: Article

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