Research Article
Elevational Patterns of Plant Richness in the Taibai Mountain, China
Table 1
Empirical species richness estimates for different elevational bands in Taibai Mountain.
| Altitudinal band (m) | Bryophyte | Fern | Seed plants | Overall plants |
| 800 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 58 | 900 | 28 | 29 | 80 | 137 | 1000 | 39 | 43 | 254 | 336 | 1100 | 52 | 42 | 319 | 413 | 1200 | 64 | 54 | 766 | 884 | 1300 | 81 | 61 | 767 | 909 | 1400 | 92 | 66 | 692 | 850 | 1500 | 111 | 73 | 656 | 840 | 1600 | 112 | 61 | 637 | 810 | 1700 | 122 | 61 | 611 | 794 | 1800 | 138 | 57 | 607 | 802 | 1900 | 139 | 51 | 593 | 783 | 2000 | 141 | 52 | 625 | 818 | 2100 | 132 | 43 | 501 | 676 | 2200 | 134 | 40 | 510 | 684 | 2300 | 132 | 40 | 504 | 676 | 2400 | 114 | 36 | 421 | 571 | 2500 | 120 | 38 | 415 | 573 | 2600 | 112 | 28 | 337 | 477 | 2700 | 115 | 29 | 304 | 448 | 2800 | 99 | 28 | 316 | 443 | 2900 | 93 | 22 | 222 | 337 | 3000 | 94 | 21 | 236 | 351 | 3100 | 91 | 9 | 178 | 278 | 3200 | 70 | 8 | 170 | 248 | 3300 | 56 | 4 | 127 | 187 | 3400 | 44 | 4 | 120 | 168 | 3500 | 40 | 4 | 145 | 189 | 3600 | 29 | 1 | 84 | 114 | 3700 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 66 | All bands pooled | 257 | 110 | 1491 | 1858 |
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