Tree species diversity and community structure characteristics in black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) habitats at Mt. Wuliang, central Yunnan, China

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4002-4010

  Tian, Chang Cheng ^a,c   Jiang, Xue Long ^a   Peng, Hua ^b   Fan, Peng Fei ^a   Zhou, Shou Biao ^c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; Black crested gibbons; Diversity; Habitat; Mt. Wuliang; Trees and lianas

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERICACEAE; FAGACEAE; HYLOBATIDAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR; THEACEAE;

EID: 52449101763     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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