Karst tiankengs as refugia for indigenous tree flora amidst a degraded landscape in southwestern China

Abstract We conducted floristic and community analyses to compare the floristic composition, forest structure, taxonomic richness, and species diversity between two tiankeng (large doline, or sinkhole) habitats and two outside-tiankeng habitats of forest fragments in a degraded karst area in southwe...

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Main Authors: Yuqiao Su, Qiming Tang, Fuyan Mo, Yuegui Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04592-x