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Comparing the relative importance of two environmental gradients in determining community composition (black line) to relative importance estimated by each spatial grouping approach (colored points). Left plot is a modeling run of a scenario where the latitudinal change is a gradual (z = 2.0), whereas the right plot is a scenario where the latitudinal change occurs rapidly over a short distance (z= 8.0).
