Fig
3. Aboveground niche breadth of functional groups in multi-steady stages
Note:
A, B, C, D, and E represent Gramineae–Kobresia meadow and
Gramineae–K. humilis to K. pygmaea transitional
meadow; healthy and thickening mattic epipedon in K. pygmaeameadow; cracking mattic epipedon in K. pygmaea meadow; eroded
mattic epipedon in K. pygmaea meadow and black-soil beach meadow,
respectively; a, b, c, d represent significance among different steady
stages.