Importance of clonal plants and plant species diversity in the Northeast China Transect

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-716

  Song, Minghua ^a   Dong, Ming ^a   Jiang, Gaoming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Clonal growth forms; Clonal plants; Guerilla; Habitat conditions; Phalanx; Plant species diversity

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; GROWTH FORM; HABITAT TYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 4444258172     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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