Liana communities in three tropical forest types in Xishuangbanna, South-West China

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-264

  Cai, Z Q ^a,b   Schnitzer, S A ^c   Wen, B ^a   Chen, Y J ^a   Bongers, F ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Mechanism of climbing; Mode of dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIVERSITY; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; EVERGREEN FORESTS; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST TYPE; GROWTH FORM; HIGH RATE; MEAN DENSITY; MODE OF DISPERSAL; MONTANE FORESTS; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TURNOVER; TROPICAL FOREST; WARM CLIMATES; WEST CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA;

TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; FORESTS; GROWTH; RAIN; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68849090794     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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