@Article{taiwania2007522127,
AUTHOR = {Fu-shan Chou, Chun-kuei Liao and Yuen-po Yang},
TITLE = {Classification and Ordination of Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest 
in the Middle and Upper Watershed of the Nan-Tze-Shian Stream in Southwestern Taiwan},
JOURNAL = {Taiwania},
VOLUME = {52},
YEAR = {2007},
ISSUE = {2},
PAGES = {127-144},
URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/574},
ABSTRACT = {A phytosociological survey was carried out in the middle and upper watershed of the Nan-Tze-Shian stream in southwestern Taiwan in order to determine the relationship between vegetation and environmental factors. Through the use of the tabular comparison method, a hierarchical vegetation classification was established. Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) was applied to the data to clarify the variation of the 70 plots and search for a relationship with 5 environmental variables. The results show that the distribution of vegetation types is responding to the elevation and Whole Light Sky space (WLS). Three alliances and 9 associations were distinguished and described: (I) Cyclobalanopsis stenophylloides alliance, including Neolitsea acuminatissima - Cyclobalanopsis morii, Vaccinium randaiense - Castanopsis cuspidata and Pasania kawakamii - Cyclobalanopsis stenophylloides associations, (II) Beilschmiedia erythrophloia alliance, including Camellia salicifolia - Beilschmiedia erythrophloia, Engelhardtia roxburghiana - Cyclobalanopsis longinux and Helicia formosana - Castanopsis kusanoi associations, and (III) Machilus kusanoi alliance, including Castanopsis formosana - Machilus philippinense, Machilus  zuihoensis - Schefflera octophylla and Ficus irisana - Machilus kusanoi associations.},
DOI = {10.6165/tai.2007.52(2).127}
}