Plant biodiversity patterns on Helan Mountain, China

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-133

  Jiang, Yuan ^a   Kang, Muyi ^a   Zhu, Yuan ^a   Xu, Guangcai ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal factors; Arid area; Canonical correspondence analysis; Helan Mountain; Latitudinal factors; Plant biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD SURVEY; FLORISTICS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION ZONE; VEGETATION TYPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34548580826     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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