The relationship between environment and plant communities in the middle part of Taihang Mountain Range, North China

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Zhang, J T ^a   Xi, Y ^b   Li, J ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecological restoration; Ordination; Soil conservation; Vegetation environment relation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; TWINSPAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34347213791     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.2.3     Document Type: Article

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