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Monthly rather than annual climate variation determines plant diversity change in four temperate grassland nature reserves

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Plant diversity is changing in the world; climate variation at annual scale is believed to drive these changes; however, the effects of climate variation at month scale are still unknown. Anxi, West Ordos, ** with plant diversity decreasing may be more effective and earlier based on monthly climate variables.

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This study is funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0505606) and the Top Discipline and First-class University Construction Project (ydzxxk201618) of Minzu University of China.

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Bai, ., Wang, Z., Lu, Y. et al. Monthly rather than annual climate variation determines plant diversity change in four temperate grassland nature reserves. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 10357–10365 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16473-y

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