Edge effect of the plant community structure on land-bridge islands in the Thousand Island Lake

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-84

  Su, Xiao Fei ^a   Yuan, Jin Feng ^a   Hu, Guang ^a   Xu, Gao Fu ^b   Yu, Ming Jian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xin'an River Development Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Community structure; Edge effect; Functional group; Habitat fragmentation; Thousand Island Lake; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISLAND; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SHADE TOLERANCE;

CHINA; QIANDAO LAKE; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84892917298     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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