Table 2 The relationship between local species richness and geographic variables.

From: Disentangling the influence of climate, soil and belowground microbes on local species richness in a dryland ecosystem of Northwest China

Richness

Altitude

Longitude

Latitude

r

P

r

P

r

P

Overall (n = 66)

0.52

<0.001

−0.32

0.008

−0.21

0.096

Shrub (n = 57)

−0.06

0.664

0.22

0.094

0.087

0.519

Herbaceous (n = 66)

0.55

<0.001

−0.36

0.003

−0.23

0.059

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