Vascular plant species richness on wetland remnants is determined by both area and habitat heterogeneity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1279-1295

  Shi, Jianmin ^a,b   Ma, Keming ^a,c   Wang, Jifeng ^d   Zhao, Jingzhu ^a   He, Kate ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; NE China; Species richness; Species area relationship; The choros model; The Sanjiang Plain; Wetland remnant

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRELATION; ELEVATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR PLANT; WETLAND;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; SANJIANG PLAIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952097966     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9757-5     Document Type: Article

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