Distribution pattern of plant species diversity in the mountainous Region of Ili River Valley, Xinjiang

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 681-694

  Xu, Yuanjie ^a,b   Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Weihong ^a   Fu, Aihong ^a   Ma, Xiaodong ^a   Gui, Dongwei ^a   Chen, Yapeng ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal pattern; Environmental factors; Ili River Valley; Mountainous region; Plant species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ILI RIVER VALLEY; MOUNTAINOUS REGION; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; RIVERS; SOIL;

CHINA; ILI RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79959721608     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1665-3     Document Type: Article

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