Leaf element concentrations of terrestrial plants across China are influenced by taxonomy and the environment

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 809-818

  Zhang, Shi Bao ^a   Zhang, Jiao Lin ^a   Slik, J W Ferry ^a   Cao, Kun Fang ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeography; China; Climate; Latitudinal gradient; Leaf element; Mantel test; Phylogenetically comparative method; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF AREA; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84863775415     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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