Changes on spatial distribution of <i>β</i>-diversity in subalpine meadows.

Abstract

β-Diversity indices included the Cody, Sørenson, and Bray-Curtis indices. Numbers from 1 to 6 in x-coordinates represented corresponding numbers of latitudinal, longitudinal, and elevational belts in Table 2. Intervals of 1–2, 2–3, 3–4, 4–5, and 5–6 indicated comparisons between adjacent belts, whereas 1–2, 1–3, 1–4, 1–5, and 1–6 indicated comparisons of the initial belt (belt 1) with other belts. The study employed five latitudinal, five longitudinal, and six elevational belts. Each index had values for four latitudinal, four longitudinal, and five elevational belts.</p