Effects of Topographical Heterogeneity and Dispersal Limitation on Species Turnover in a Temperate Mountane Ecosystem: a Case Study in the Henan Province,China |
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| Authors: | Y. Chen H. R. Jia S. Niu X. Zhang H. L. Wang Y. Z. Ye Q. S. Chen Z. L. Yuan |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Henan Agricultural University,Zhengzhou,China;2.Educational administration department,Henan Finance and Taxation College,Zhengzhou,China;3.Xiaoqinling National Nature Reserve,Lingbao,China;4.Institute of botany,the Chinese academy of sciences,Beijing,China |
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| Abstract: | Species turnover patterns can be inconsistent due to differences in the dispersal ability of different growth forms. Here, species of trees, shrubs, herbs, and bryophytes in the Xiaoqinling National Nature Reserve in China were analyzed to determine patterns of species turnover along an elevation and spatial gradient. Variance partitioning was used to assess the relative contribution of topographic heterogeneity and dispersal limitation to species turnover. Our results suggest that the effect of dispersal limitation is more important than topographic heterogeneity on species turnover in temperate mountane ecosystems in the study area. Dispersal limitation has a greater effect on trees species turnover than on shrubs, herbs or bryophytes species turnover. |
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