Relationship and its ecological significance between plant species diversity and ecosystem function of soil conservation in semi-humid evergreen forests, Yunnan Province, China

Frontiers of Forestry in China

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Wang, Zhenhong ^a,b   Yang, Chengbo ^a   Yang, Limei ^a   Zhou, Zizong ^a   Rao, Jing ^a   Yuan, Li ^a   Li, Ju ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community structure; Ecosystem functions; Hydrological effects; Soil conservation; Stability

Indexed keywords

AGERATINA ADENOPHORA; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; ELSHOLTZIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUPATORIUM; IMPERATA; KETELEERIA EVELYNIANA; LITHOCARPUS; MYRSINE AFRICANA; OPLISMENUS; PINUS YUNNANENSIS; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 33847347664     PISSN: 16733517     EISSN: 16733630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11461-007-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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