Effects of environmental variation and spatial distance on the beta diversity of woody plant functional groups in a tropical forest

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 525-533

  Zhang, Zhidong ^a,b   Zang, Runguo ^c   Wang, Liying ^a   Wang, Guangmei ^b   Zhang, Jing ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^d Laishan Forestry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Spatial autocorrelation; Species traits; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 84872719650     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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