Relationships between plant and animal species richness at a regional scale in China

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 937-944

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross taxon congruence; Species diversity; Species richness; Species richness correlation; Terrestrial vertebrates; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION INDEX; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; PLANT; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; REPTILES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447504914     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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