Diversity and aboveground biomass of lianas in the tropical seasonal rain forests of Xishuangbanna, SW China

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 211-222

  Lü, Xiao Tao ^a   Tang, Jian Wei ^a   Feng, Zhi Li ^a   Li, Mai He ^b,c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Liana abundance; Liana biomass; Species richness; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; BYTTNERIA; LOGANIACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; RHAMNACEAE; STRYCHNOS;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT STEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; PLANT STEMS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70449719612     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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