Patterns, determinants and models of woody plant diversity in China

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1715, 2011, Pages 2122-2132

  Wang, Zhiheng ^a,b   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Lin, Xin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Freezing tolerance hypothesis; Niche conservatism; Species richness patterns; Water energy dynamics; Winter temperature; Woody plants of china and north america

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASONS;

CHINA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79959202861     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1897     Document Type: Article

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