β-Diversity and vegetation structure as influenced by slope aspect and altitude in a seasonally dry tropical landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-482

  Gallardo Cruz, J Alberto ^a   Pérez García, Eduardo A ^a   Meave, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diversity; Diversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Mexico; Oaxaca State; Plant diversity; Potential energy income modelling; Seasonally dry tropical forest; Topography; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARID REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; INSOLATION; SLOPE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CERRO VERDE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

EID: 61849114649     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9332-1     Document Type: Article

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