Within community patch dynamics in a tropical montane rain forest of Hainan Island, South China

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-48

  Zang, Runguo ^a   Tao, Jianping ^a   Li, Chunyang ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Diurnal changes in air and soil surface temperature; Patch dynamics; Species groups; Tree species diversity; Tropical montane rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MONTANE FOREST; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 22544456283     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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