Predicting the geographical distribution of plant communities in complex terrain - A case study in Fushian Experimental Forest, northeastern Taiwan

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-588

  Chang, Chi Ru ^a   Lee, Pei Fen ^b   Bai, Mei Ling ^b,d   Lin, Tzer Tong ^c  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIELD METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUSHIAN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; TAIWAN;

EID: 4544388306     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03852.x     Document Type: Article

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