title: Variations of plant life form diversity along the Northeast China Transect and its direct gradient analysis.
abstract: Plant life form diversity and its direct gradient analysis on a larger scale climate change gradient were tested, based on the data from Northeast China Transect platform. The results showed that the species numbers, life form richness and life form diversity were relative higher at the eastern forests and the ecotone between typical vegetation, while those on the meadow grasslands and typical steppes were lower. Although plant life forms can reflect the climate variations, life form diversity is not consistent with the major global gradient along the NECT.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. wangrenzh@sohu.com
authors.forename: Ren-zhong
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Hai-ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002980:Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D063245:Plant Development