Figure 6

Variations of species dissimilarity (a) and effects of grazing on the variance partitioning of intraspecific variability (among individuals within species) and interspecific variability (among species) of specific leaf area (SLA,b) in six plant communities. In Fig. 6a, the reference line (dashed line) in each panel indicates the species dissimilarity index is 0.5. In Fig. 6b, error bars correspond to 95% confidence interval. Abbreviations of six communities: Ca, Carex appendiculata; Sb, Stipa baicalensis; Lc, Leymus chinensis; Sg, S. grandis; Cm, Caragana microphylla; Af, Artemisia frigida.