Elevational gradients of small mammal diversity on the northern slopes of Mt. Qilian, China

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 449-460

  Li, Jun Sheng ^a   Song, Yan Ling ^a   Zeng, Zhi Gao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity pattern; China; Elevational gradients; Mt. Qilian; Small mammal diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAPPING;

CHINA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0242541863     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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