Multi-scale comparison of topographic complexity indices in relation to plant species richness

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-101

  Yu, Fangyuan ^a   Wang, Tiejun ^a   Groen, Thomas A ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   Yang, Xuefei ^b   Geng, Yuying ^c   Ma, Keping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; China; DEM; Grain size; Rhododendron; Topographic complexity

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON;

EID: 84924943619     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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