@article{cb4ede5db8694044855ae398f031757a,
title = "Plant species diversity is correlated with climatic factors differently at the community and the functional group levels: A case study of desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China",
abstract = "In the desert steppe of Inner Mongolia, mean annual precipitation was found to be the dominant factor that correlated positively with species richness at the community level and for the perennial forb functional group. Shrub and semi-shrub functional group exhibited positive correlation with mean temperature of the coldest month.",
keywords = "Species richness, climate, community, functional group",
author = "Q. Zhang and Jianguo Wu and A. Buyantuev and J. Niu and Y. Zhou and Y. Ding and S. Kang and W. Ma",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China [grant number 31200414]; State Key Basic Research Development Program of China [grant number 2014CB138805], [grant number 2012CB722201]; Start Research Funding Project of Inner Mongolia University [grant number 125106]. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Societ{\`a} Botanica Italiana.",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/11263504.2014.974713",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "150",
pages = "121--123",
journal = "Plant Biosystems",
issn = "1126-3504",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}