Altitudinal pattern of plant species diversity in Shennongjia Mountains, Central China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1431-1449

  Zhao, Chang Ming ^a,b   Chen, Wei Lie ^a   Tian, Zi Qiang ^a,c   Xie, Zong Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal pattern; Mid altitude bulge; Mt. Shennongjia; Plant species diversity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CORRELATION; PLANT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; SHENNONGJIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33747039792     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2005.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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