The Influences of Canopy Species and Topographic Variables on Understory Species Diversity and Composition in Coniferous Forests

Understanding the factors that influence the distribution of understory vegetation is important for biological conservation and forest management. We compared understory species composition by multi-response permutation procedure and indicator species analysis between plots dominated by Qinghai spru...

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Main Authors: Hong Huo, Qi Feng, Yong-hong Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/252489