naa a22 4500 510737161 CHVBK 20180411083014.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-012-1002-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-012-1002-0 Plant diversity patterns in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan and Taiwan [Elektronische Daten] [Cindy Tang, Chyi-Rong Chiou, Cheng-Tao Lin, Jian-Rong Lin, Chang-Fu Hsieh, Jian-Wei Tang, Wen-Hua Su, Xiuli Hou] The subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan and Taiwan were compared along environmental and successional gradients with the aim of identifying important taxon and species diversity as well as the drivers of mountain biodiversity patterns. A detrended correspondence analysis of an exhaustive set of data collected from 105 and 223 plots for Yunnan and Taiwan, respectively, was applied to classify natural mature forest types. Additional data from 72 and 68 plots for Yunnan and Taiwan, respectively, were used for analyses of secondary succession. The floristic richness and diversity index were calculated for each type of forest. In Yunnan, the monsoon forests in mesic-humid sites had more taxa and tended to show higher species diversity than the other two forest types. In Taiwan, species diversity values were significantly higher in the Machilus-Castanopsis zone in the middle altitudes (500-1500m) than for the other three forest zones. For both Yunnan and Taiwan, the forests at the middle successional stage showed significantly higher species diversity than those at the early successional stage. Differences in diversity between the middle and late stages were not significant. These findings highlight the high species diversity of the natural mature evergreen broad-leaved forests of both Yunnan and Taiwan. In the secondary forests, as succession proceeds, species diversity comes to resemble that of the natural mature forests. In both ecosystems, the drivers of species diversity patterns are moisture, altitude, and succession/disturbance. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2012 Diversity nationallicence Environmental gradient nationallicence Floristic richness nationallicence Forest types/zones nationallicence Successional gradient nationallicence Tang Cindy Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, China aut Chiou Chyi-Rong School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Lin Cheng-Tao School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Lin Jian-Rong School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Hsieh Chang-Fu Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut Tang Jian-Wei Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun Town, 666303, Mengla County, Yunnan, China aut Su Wen-Hua Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, China aut Hou Xiuli Department of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University, 650214, Kunming, China aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/1(2013-01-01), 81-92 0912-3814 28:1<81 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1002-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1002-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tang Cindy Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiou Chyi-Rong School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Cheng-Tao School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lin Jian-Rong School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hsieh Chang-Fu Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tang Jian-Wei Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun Town, 666303, Mengla County, Yunnan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Su Wen-Hua Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hou Xiuli Department of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University, 650214, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/1(2013-01-01), 81-92 0912-3814 28:1<81 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer