Plant diversity patterns and their relationships with soil and climatic factors along an altitudinal gradient in the middle Tianshan Mountain area, Xinjiang, China

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-314

  Sang, Weiguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Beta diversity; Biodiversity conservation; Environmental gradients; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION TYPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67349184471     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0507-z     Document Type: Article

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