Altitudinal patterns of plant species richness on the Baekdudaegan Mountains, South Korea: Mid-domain effect, area, climate, and Rapoport's rule

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-79

  Lee, Chang Bae ^a   Chun, Jung Hwa ^b   Song, Ho Kyung ^c   Cho, Hyun Je ^d  

^a Korea Green Promotion Agency   (South Korea)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Forest Ecosystems Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climatic factors; Hump shaped pattern; Mid domain effect; Rapoport's altitudinal rule

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; PLANT; RANGE SIZE; RAPOPORT RULE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAEKDU MOUNTAIN; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84872791621     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-1001-1     Document Type: Article

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