naa a22 4500 510737242 CHVBK 20180411083015.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-012-1001-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-012-1001-1 Altitudinal patterns of plant species richness on the Baekdudaegan Mountains, South Korea: mid-domain effect, area, climate, and Rapoport's rule [Elektronische Daten] [Chang-Bae Lee, Jung-Hwa Chun, Ho-Kyung Song, Hyun-Je Cho] We studied the altitudinal patterns of plant species richness and examined the effects of geometric constraints, area, and climatic factors on the observed richness patterns along the ridge of the Baekdudaegan Mountains, South Korea. Rapoport's altitudinal rule was evaluated by examining the relationship between altitudinal range size and midpoint. We also examined the latitudinal effect on species richness. Plant data were collected from 1,100 plots along a 200-1,900m altitudinal gradient along the ridge of the Baekdudaegan. A total of 802 plant species from 97 families and 342 genera were found. The altitudinal patterns of plant species richness along the ridge of the Baekdudaegan depicted distinctly hump-shaped patterns, although the absolute altitudes of the richness peaks vary somewhat among plant groups. While the mid-domain effect (MDE) was the most powerful explanatory variable in simple regression models, species richness was also associated with climatic factors, especially mean annual precipitation (MAP) and temperature (MAT) in multiple regression models. The relative importance of the MDE and climatic factors were different among plant groups. The MDE was more important for woody plants and for large-ranged species, whereas climatic factors were better predictors for total and herbaceous plants and for small-ranged species. Rapoport's altitudinal rule and a latitudinal effect on species richness were not supported. Our study suggests that a combined interaction of the MDE and climatic factors influences species richness patterns along the altitudinal gradient of the Baekdudaegan Mountains, South Korea. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2012 Altitudinal gradient nationallicence Climatic factors nationallicence Hump-shaped pattern nationallicence Mid-domain effect nationallicence Rapoport's altitudinal rule nationallicence Lee Chang-Bae Korea Green Promotion Agency, 121 Dunsanbukro, Seogu, 302-831, Daejeon, Korea aut Chun Jung-Hwa Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute, 57, Hoegiro, Dongdaemungu, 130-712, Seoul, Korea aut Song Ho-Kyung Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehakro, Yuseonggu, 305-764, Daejeon, Korea aut Cho Hyun-Je Korea Forest Ecosystems Institute, 7-19, Hobukro 43-gil, Bukgu, 702-110, Daegu, Korea aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/1(2013-01-01), 67-79 0912-3814 28:1<67 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1001-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-012-1001-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Chang-Bae Korea Green Promotion Agency, 121 Dunsanbukro, Seogu, 302-831, Daejeon, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chun Jung-Hwa Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute, 57, Hoegiro, Dongdaemungu, 130-712, Seoul, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Song Ho-Kyung Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehakro, Yuseonggu, 305-764, Daejeon, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cho Hyun-Je Korea Forest Ecosystems Institute, 7-19, Hobukro 43-gil, Bukgu, 702-110, Daegu, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/1(2013-01-01), 67-79 0912-3814 28:1<67 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer