Vascular diversity patterns of forest ecosystem before and after a 43-year interval under changing climate conditions in the Changbaishan Nature Reserve, northeastern China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-130

  Sang, Weiguo ^a   Bai, Fan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Forest ecosystem change; Global warming; Human activity; Nature preserve

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN;

PANAX GINSENG; PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 59849101559     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9504-0     Document Type: Article

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