Patterns of plant beta-diversity along elevational and latitudinal gradients in mountain forests of China

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1083-1091

  Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Chi, Xiulian ^a   Feng, Jianmeng ^a   Liu, Yining ^a   Shen, Zehao ^a   Wang, Xiangping ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Wu, Xiaopu ^a   Zheng, Chengyang ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ELEVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MONTANE FOREST; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER;

CHINA;

EID: 84874221618     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.06882.x     Document Type: Article

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