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Community Diversity of Coastal Plain Forests in Southern East Texas
Author(s) -
Marks P. L.,
Harcombe P. A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1936313
Subject(s) - habitat , ecology , coastal plain , geography , shrub , diversity (politics) , species diversity , ecosystem diversity , gamma diversity , alpha diversity , biodiversity , biology , sociology , anthropology
Forests on the coastal plain of southern east Texas have high within— and between—habitat diversity for woody species. High shrub diversity is responsible for high within—habitat diversity; a long topographic—moisture grandient may be responsible for at least part of the between—habitat diversity.