Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Central latitude: 29.575970
Central longitude: 101.996700
Duration: 2 years, from 1999 to 2005
58 records
27 distinct species
Across the time series
Viburnum betulifolium is the most frequently occurring species
Methods
The data comes from Gongga Mountain Research Station (102°00'E, 29°33'N) in Sichuan Province, China, located at an altitude of 3000 meters. The integrated data were collected from two permanent plots of 30*40 m. Plot 1 was established in 1999, at an altitude of 3000m. In the site of plot 1, Populus purdomii and Abies fabri are the dominant species in the canopy layer, Sorbus multijuga, Ribes spp, Viburnum betulifolium and Euonymus porphyreus are the dominant shrubs, and Carex spp, Galium spurium?and Pyrola spp are the dominant herbaceous species. Plot 2 was established in 1999, at an altitude of 3010m. In the site of plot 2, Abies fabri and Betula utilis are the dominant species in the canopy layer, Euonymus porphyreus and Viburnum dilatatum are the dominant shrubs, and Fragaria vesca and Carex spp are the dominant herbaceous species. For each plot, it was divided into 12 small plots of 10*10m. Shrubs were investigated in a quadrant of 5*5m in the top-left corner of each small plot. All individuals of shrubs in quadrates were identified to species, and the number of individuals of each species was counted and pooled for each plot. The plots were first investigated in 1999 and re-investigated in 2005.
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