Biogeographic affinity partly shapes woody plant diversity along an elevational gradient in subtropical forests.

ABSTRACT: The ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying montane biodiversity patterns remain unresolved. To understand which factors determined community assembly rules in mountains, biogeographic affinity that represents the biogeographic and evolutionary history of species should incorporate with current environments. We aim to address two following questions: 1) How does plant taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity with disparate biogeographic affinities vary along the subtropical elevational gradient? 2) How do biogeographic affinity and environmental drivers regulate the community assembly? We collected woody plant survey data of 32 forest plots in a subtropical mountain of Mt. Guanshan with typical transitional characteristics, including 250 woody plant species belonging to 56 families a

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12496539 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature