Species diversity of subalpine shrub and meadow communities on Guandi Mountain, Shanxi, China

Subalpine shrub and meadow communities were studied using 12 species diversity indices. The species diversity of subalpine shrub and meadow communities on the Guandi Mountain was closely related to altitude. With increase in altitude, the species richness decreased, the species evenness increased, and species heterogeneity decreased. The diversity was also closely related with slope. As the slope angle decreased, richness slowly decreased, and the evenness and heterogeneity increased. The range of change in the different diversity indices of shrub communities was greater than that for meadow communities.