TY -JOUR
AU -Fu-shan Chou
AU -Chun-kuei Liao and Yuen-po Yang
TI -Classification and Ordination of Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest 
in the Middle and Upper Watershed of the Nan-Tze-Shian Stream in Southwestern Taiwan
PY -2007
DA -0000-00-00
JO -Taiwania
VL -52
IS -2
SP -127
EP -144
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/574
AB -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.
DO -10.6165/tai.2007.52(2).127