steppe, and desert in Mongolia varied in a power function as
temperature increased while changed in a logarithm func-
tion as precipitation increased. The effect of temperature and
precipitation on the mean of monthly
NPP
s of forest and grass-
land was much stronger than desert steppe and desert.
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Figure 8. Seasonal trend of the percentage area of positive and negative growth during time spans of the growing season from April to
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