Alpine vegetation and species-richness patterns along two altitudinal gradients in the Gyama Valley, south-central Tibet, China

L Qiong, JA Grytnes, HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
… in vascular species composition and vegetation, and in species richness in relation to … the
Gyama Valley on the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Patterns of species richness may …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns of plant species richness, diversity and endemism in the alpine zone of Western Himalaya

GS Rawat - Diversity and conservation of plants and traditional …, 2012 - researchgate.net
… turnover with change in habitat, was computed for various valleys / watersheds using the
formula ßw = γ/α, where γ (gamma) = number of species in all the sites, and α (alpha) is the …

Distribution of vascular plant species richness and endemic richness along the Himalayan elevation gradient in Nepal

OR Vetaas, JA Grytnes - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Species richness and endemic richness vary along elevation gradients, but not necessarily
in the same way. This study tests if the maxima in gamma … of the dry inner valleys, which form …

Factors maintaining species diversity in satoyama, a traditional agricultural landscape of Japan

K Katoh, S Sakai, T Takahashi - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
types, including paddy fields, secondary forests, secondary grasslands, ponds, and streams.
High species richness … the slopes and valley bottom or on the valley bottom. The top of the …

[PDF][PDF] Study of plant species diversity in the West Siberian Arctic

O Khitun, O Rebristaya - Personal, Societal, and Ecological …, 1998 - researchgate.net
… and low species richness (about 400 vascular plant species) … spread, we can conclude that
gamma-diversity is very low in … Wet sedge meadows in lake depressions or in river valleys

Plant species richness, evenness, and composition along environmental gradients in an alpine meadow grazing ecosystem in central Tibet, China

T Dorji, SR Moe, JA Klein, Ø Totland - Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… In particular, we examine how species richness and evenness are associated with biotic
and abiotic conditions at an intermediate landscape scale. We also relate environmental …

Species richness and altitude: a comparison between null models and interpolated plant species richness along the Himalayan altitudinal gradient, Nepal

JA Grytnes, OR Vetaas - The American Naturalist, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
species richness patterns in the Nepalese Himalayas, the largest altitudinal gradient in the
world. Species richness … The number of species in 100‐m altitudinal bands increases steeply …

The elevation gradient of lichen species richness in Nepal

CB Baniya, T Solhøy, Y Gauslaa, MW Palmer - The Lichenologist, 2010 - cambridge.org
species richness in Nepal aimed to compare distribution patterns of different life-forms,
substratum affinities, photobiont types, … of 525 Nepalese lichen species to interpolate presence …

Speciesrichness patterns of vascular plants along seven altitudinal transects in Norway

JA Grytnes - Ecography, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… (sea level or valley bottom) will give a humped richness pattern along altitude. This … species
richness decreases most steeply as the boundaries are approached. In this study the valley

Plant species-richness and association with environmental factors in the riparian zone of the Yarlung Zangbo River of Tibet, China

ZC La Qiong, W Zhu, M Xu, Y Zhong - Biodiversity Science, 2014 - biodiversity-science.net
… be divided into five vegetation types, and that these vegetation types were affected most by
… relationship between species richness and altitude and longitude. Species richness was …