| This thesis was supported by | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-8页 |
| Dedication | 第8-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-13页 |
| Abstract | 第13-14页 |
| PART 1: Introduction | 第15-29页 |
| 1.1 General Introduction | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 Background of the study | 第17-27页 |
| 1.2.1 The importance of studying species turnover | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2.2 Factors affecting species turnover | 第21-25页 |
| 1.2.3 Theories about stochastic and determined processes | 第25-27页 |
| 1.3 Study Objectives | 第27-28页 |
| 1.4 Significance of the study | 第28-29页 |
| PART 2: Methods and Materials | 第29-36页 |
| 2.1 Area of Study | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2. Experiment site | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3. Experiment design | 第31-32页 |
| 2.4. Plant sample species studied | 第32-33页 |
| 2.5 Plant/Vegetation measurements | 第33页 |
| 2.6. Soil sampling and treatment | 第33-34页 |
| 2.7. Statistical data analysis | 第34-36页 |
| PART 3: Results | 第36-45页 |
| 3.1: Plant species richness | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 Species turnover and analyzed size (scale) | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 Relationship between species turnover and spatial distance | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 Relationship between species turnover and soil total nitrogen | 第39-40页 |
| 3.5 Relationship between species turnover and soil water content | 第40-41页 |
| 3.6 Partitioning the effects of spatial distance and soil nitrogen on species turnover | 第41-45页 |
| PART 4: Discussion | 第45-51页 |
| PART 5: Conclusions | 第51-53页 |
| References | 第53-63页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第63-64页 |
