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dc.contributor.authorSong, X
dc.contributor.authorCao, M
dc.contributor.authorLi, J
dc.contributor.authorKitching, RL
dc.contributor.authorNakamura, A
dc.contributor.authorLaidlaw, MJ
dc.contributor.authorTang, Y
dc.contributor.authorSun, Z
dc.contributor.authorZhang, W
dc.contributor.authorYang, J
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-28T05:40:52Z
dc.date.available2021-07-28T05:40:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2096-2703
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pld.2021.04.006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406424
dc.description.abstractElevational patterns of tree diversity are well studied worldwide. However, few studies have examined how seedlings respond to elevational gradients and whether their responses vary across climatic zones. In this study, we established three elevational transects in tropical, subtropical and subalpine mountain forests in Yunnan Province, southern China, to examine the responses of tree species and their seedlings to elevational gradients. Within each transect, we calculated species diversity indices and composition of both adult trees and seedlings at different elevations. For both adult trees and seedlings, we found that species diversity decreased with increasing elevation in both tropical and subalpine transects. Species composition showed significant elevational separation within all three transects. Many species had specific elevational preferences, but abundant tree species that occurred at specific elevations tended to have very limited recruitment in the understory. Our results highlight that the major factors that determine elevational distributions of tree species vary across climatic zones. Specifically, we found that the contribution of air temperature to tree species composition increased from tropical to subalpine transects, whereas the contribution of soil moisture decreased across these transects.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPlant Diversity
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.titleDifferent environmental factors drive tree species diversity along elevation gradients in three climatic zones in Yunnan, southern China
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSong, X; Cao, M; Li, J; Kitching, RL; Nakamura, A; Laidlaw, MJ; Tang, Y; Sun, Z; Zhang, W; Yang, J, Different environmental factors drive tree species diversity along elevation gradients in three climatic zones in Yunnan, southern China, Plant Diversity, 2021
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-07-28T00:28:01Z
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gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2021 Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorKitching, Roger L.


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