Precipitation Variability Affects Aboveground Biomass Directly and Indirectly via Plant Functional Traits in the Desert Steppe of Inner Mongolia, Northern China

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Plant functional trait diversity regulates the nonlinear response of productivity to regional climate change in Tibetan alpine grasslands

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