The positive relationships between plant coverage, species richness, and aboveground biomass are ubiquitous across plant growth forms in semi-steppe rangelands.

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  2018

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  Journal of Environmental Management

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.079PMID 29031134
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