Richness and Composition of Vascular Plants and Cryptogams along a High Elevational Gradient on Buddha Mountain, Central Tibet

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-151

  Baniya, Chitra B ^a,b   Solhøy, Torstein ^a   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^c   Palmer, Michael W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal diversity gradient; High alpine vegetation; Hump pattern; Lichen richness; Life form; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; LICHEN; MONTANE FOREST; MOSS; NITROGEN; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

BRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861845485     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-011-9113-x     Document Type: Article

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