Changes in plant species diversity along a chronosequence of vegetation restoration in the humid evergreen broad-leaved forest in the Rainy Zone of West China

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-325

  Zhu, Wanze ^a   Cheng, Song ^a   Cai, Xiaohu ^b   He, Fei ^b   Wang, Jinxi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SICHUAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Niche; Rainy Zone of West China; Species diversity; Species evenness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

LINDERA; MACHILUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67349260038     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0508-y     Document Type: Article

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