Diversity, composition and physical structure of tropical forest over limestone in Xishuangbanna, South-West China

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Tang, J W ^a   Lu, X T ^b   Yin, J X ^c   Qi, J F ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community composition; Community structure; Karst; Limestone forest; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPOSITION PATTERNS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; DOMINANT SPECIES; EUPHORBIACEAE; KARST; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM DENSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; XISHUANGBANNA;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LIMESTONE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

TROPICS;

BASAL AREA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIAMETER; DOMINANCE; FLORISTICS; FOREST COVER; KARST; LIMESTONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LIME STONE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURES; TREE DIMENSIONS; TROPICS;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

CLEISTANTHUS; EUPHORBIACEAE; LASIOCOCCA COMBERI;

EID: 80054908074     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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