Different Effects of Regional Species Pool on Plant Diversity between Forest and Grassland Biomes in Arid Northwest China

Liping Li; Yining Liu; Xiangping Wang; Jingyun Fang; Qingchun Wang; Bengang Zhang; Peigen Xiao; Anwar Mohammat; André Terwei

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131982

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Different Effects of Regional Species Pool on Plant Diversity between Forest and Grassland Biomes in Arid Northwest China

Liping Li,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Peking Union Medical College), Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Yining Liu,

Affiliation Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xiangping Wang,

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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Jingyun Fang,

Affiliation Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Qingchun Wang,

Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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Bengang Zhang ,

* E-mail: bgzhang@implad.ac.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Peking Union Medical College), Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, Xinjiang Institute of Chinese and Ethnic Medicine, Urumqi, China
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Peigen Xiao,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Peking Union Medical College), Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Anwar Mohammat,

Affiliation Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China
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André Terwei

Affiliation Department for Ecological Interactions, German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany
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Different Effects of Regional Species Pool on Plant Diversity between Forest and Grassland Biomes in Arid Northwest China

Liping Li,
Yining Liu,
Xiangping Wang,
Jingyun Fang,
Qingchun Wang,
Bengang Zhang,
Peigen Xiao,
Anwar Mohammat,
André Terwei

Published: July 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131982

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