FIGURE 5.
The relationships among mean annual precipitation (MAP) (A), mean annual temperature (MAT) (B), and soil nitrogen: phosphorus (N:P) ratio. Yellow circles indicate desert shrublands, while green circles indicate alpine shrublands.
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