Seed plant species diversity and conservation in the northern Gaoligong Mountains in Western Yunnan, China

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-165

  Li, Rong ^a   Dao, Zhiling ^a   Li, Heng ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

China; endemic species; habitat conservation; northern Gaoligong Mountains; Seed plant species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORISTICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEADOW; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION GROWTH; RED LIST; REFUGE; SEED; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; GAOLIGONG MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 79958787970     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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