Effects of ecological factors on plant communities of Ziwuling Mountain, Shaanxi Province, China

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2463-2471

  Guoqing, Li ^a   Xiaoan, Wang ^a   Hua, Guo ^a   Zhihong, Zhu ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DCCA (Detrended Canonical Correspondence Analysis); plant community; proxy variable; succession; the Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMUS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; ZIWULING MOUNTAIN;

EID: 51249100444     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(08)60057-8     Document Type: Article

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