Comparison of fractal characteristics of species richness patterns among different plant taxonomic groups along an altitudinal gradient

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Ren, Haibao ^a   Zhang, Linyan ^b   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal pattern; Biodiversity; Ecological processes; Fractal dimension; Scale; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847345093     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-007-0002-7     Document Type: Article

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