Species richness in a riparian plant community along the banks of the Xiangxi River, the Three Gorges region

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-67

  Jiang, Mingxi ^a,b   Deng, Hongbing ^b   Cai, Qinghua ^b   Wu, Gang ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude; China; Plant species richness; Riparian community; Xiangxi river

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD; XIANGXI RIVER;

RIPARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 19644375483     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504500509469619     Document Type: Article

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