The Relationship between Species Richness and Evenness in Plant Communities along a Successional Gradient: A Study from Sub-Alpine Meadows of the Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

• Hui Zhang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming Systems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

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• Robert John,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, West Bengal, India

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• Zechen Peng,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming Systems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

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• Jianli Yuan,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming Systems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

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• Chengjin Chu,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming Systems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

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• Guozhen Du,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Grassland Farming Systems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

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• Shurong Zhou

  * E-mail: zhshrong@fudan.edu.cn

  Affiliation Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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