Spatial pattern of water controlled wetland communities on the Sanjiang Floodplain, Northeast China

Community Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-234

  Zhou, Demin ^a,b,c   Gong, H ^a,b   Luan, Z ^a   Hu, J ^a   Wu, F ^a,c  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hydro ecology; Landscape; Natural reserve; Spatial pattern; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LANDSCAPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; HONGHE NATURE RESERVE; SANJIANG PLAIN;

CALAMAGROSTIS ANGUSTIFOLIA; CAREX;

EID: 34347219455     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.7.2006.2.9     Document Type: Article

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