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Regions excluded were those with annual total number of degree-days lower than 2,500 (blue-shaded) and desert eco-regions (red-shaded). Kept were the landmass region (grey-shaded) and 40 km offshore buffers for coastal transport (green shaded). Database sites with cultivated rice retained for analysis marked as black dots.
