scholarly journals Species diversity of plant communities along an altitudinal gradient in the middle section of northern slopes of Qilian Mountains, Zhangye, Gansu, China

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Guohong Wang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Altitudinal Gradient ◽  
Qilian Mountains ◽  
Middle Section

Relationships between species diversity and C, N and P ecological stoichiometry in plant communities of sub-alpine meadow

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 979-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Qiang CHEN ◽  
Rui ZHANG ◽  
Yao-Chen HOU ◽  
Li-Na MA ◽  
Lu-Ming DING ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Ecological Stoichiometry ◽  
Alpine Meadow

Development of species diversity in some mediterranean plant communities

Vegetatio ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Houssard ◽  
J. Escarr� ◽  
F. Bomane
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Mediterranean Plant

scholarly journals A matter of time: Recovery of plant species diversity in wild plant communities at declining nitrogen deposition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Berendse ◽  
Rob H. E. M. Geerts ◽  
Wim Th. Elberse ◽  
Thiemo Martijn Bezemer ◽  
Paul W. Goedhart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Nitrogen Deposition ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Plant Species Diversity ◽  
Wild Plant

scholarly journals Species diversity of higher plant communities in Foping National Reserve

1999 ◽  
Vol 07 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-269
Author(s):  
REN Yi ◽  
DANG Gao-Di ◽  
GU Tian-Qi ◽  
YUE Ming ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Higher Plant

scholarly journals Epixylic vegetation abundance, diversity, and composition vary with coarse woody debris decay class and substrate species in boreal forest

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Han Y.H. Chen ◽  
Sean C. Thomas ◽  
Chander Shahi
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Percent Cover ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Decay Class ◽  
Wide Range

Although the importance of coarse woody debris (CWD) to understory species diversity has been recognized, the combined effects of CWD decay and substrate species on abundance and species diversity of epixylic vegetation have received little attention. We sampled a wide range of CWD substrate species and decay classes, as well as forest floors in fire-origin boreal forest stands. Percent cover, species richness, and evenness of epixylic vegetation differed significantly with both CWD decay class and substrate species. Trends in cover, species richness, and evenness differed significantly between nonvascular and vascular taxa. Cover, species richness, and species evenness of nonvascular species were higher on CWD, whereas those of vascular plants were higher on the forest floor. Epixylic species composition also varied significantly with stand ages, overstory compositions, decay classes, substrate species, and their interactions. Our findings highlight strong interactive influences of decay class and substrate species on epixylic plant communities and suggest that conservation of epixylic diversity would require forest managers to maintain a diverse range of CWD decay classes and substrate species. Because stand development and overstory compositions influence CWD decay classes and substrate species, as well as colonization time and environmental conditions in the understory, our results indicate that managed boreal landscapes should consist of a mosaic of different successional stages and a broad suite of overstory types to support diverse understory plant communities.

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