Abstract:In order to evaluate and constrast the relative effects of topography and other “direct” environmental factors on vegetation, a forest transect of subtropical mountain was sampled along with the habitat factors. The horizontal patterns were analyzed for tree, shrub and herb layers. Multivariate regression and Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) were applied for contrasting the effects of different environmental factors on the variation of vegetation pattern at 4 scales analyzed. The results are as foll...