Effects of environmental factors on species distribution and diversity in an Abies fargesii-Betula utilis mixed forest

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 0605-0613

  Ren, Xuemin ^a,b   Yang, Gaihe ^a,b   Wang, Dexiang ^a   Qin, Xiaowei ^a,b   Liu, Zhenxue ^a,b   Zhao, Shuangxi ^a,b   Bai, Yu ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Research Center of Recycle Agricultural Engineering and Technology of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Abies fargesii Betula utilis mixed forest; CCA; Environmental factors; GAM; Species distribution; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERB; MIXED FOREST; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; TAIBAI MOUNTAIN;

ABIES; ABIES FARGESII; AJANIA; AJUGA; BETULA UTILIS; CAREX; CHRYSOSPLENIUM PILOSUM; CILIOPHORA; DRABA LADYGINII; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA GRACILIS; KOBRESIA MYOSUROIDES; LONICERA; PLEUROSPERMUM; POA; POA NEMORALIS; POTENTILLA; RIBES; RIBES GLACIALE; RUBUS; RUBUS ELEGANTULUS; RUBUS PILEATUS; SABINA; SPIRAEA; VIOLA BIFLORA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 84863151857     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201011291695     Document Type: Article

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