Exploring tree-habitat associations in a Chinese subtropical forest plot using a molecular phylogeny generated from DNA barcode loci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pei, Nancai ^a,b   Lian, Ju Yu ^a   Erickson, David L ^c   Swenson, Nathan G ^d   Kress, W John ^c   Ye, Wan Hui ^a   Ge, Xue Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES HABITAT; TREE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CHINA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79959291352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021273     Document Type: Article

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