Han DY1,2, YF Yang2
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.87, pp. 113-122, 2018, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2018.87.113
Abstract Rapid and precise assessment of biodiversity is a central
issue in conservation biology and biodiversity science. Higher taxonomic
units and life form-based morphospecies were utilised to assess
plant diversity patterns at the habitat scale in temperate meadow
steppe, Songnen Plain, China. Patch area, taxonomic composition
(families and genera) and life form (based on Raunkiaer’s life forms,
and stem and root growth forms) were recorded in five communities.
Taxonomic unit-based hierarchical diversity indices (HDI) and life
form-based hierarchical diversity indices (HLDI) were calculated.
Twenty-six families, 67 genera, and 87 species were recorded in the
five communities. HDI and HLDI were significantly… More >
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