Plant diversity patterns in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan and Taiwan

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-92

  Tang, Cindy Q ^a   Chiou, Chyi Rong ^b   Lin, Cheng Tao ^b   Lin, Jian Rong ^b   Hsieh, Chang Fu ^b   Tang, Jian Wei ^c   Su, Wen Hua ^a   Hou, Xiuli ^d  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^d KUNMING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental gradient; Floristic richness; Forest types zones; Successional gradient

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN TREE; FLORISTICS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; TAIWAN; YUNNAN;

CASTANOPSIS; MACHILUS;

EID: 84872812539     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-1002-0     Document Type: Article

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