Species diversity, functional diversity, and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities at different phases of vegetation restoration in the Mu Us sandy grassland

Abstract

Aims: During the first two decades of the 21st century, China has made remarkable progress in desertification control. The area of desertified and degraded grassland has been decreasing and the amount of vegetation has been increasing. However, it remains unclear how plant diversity varies during vegetation restoration. This knowledge gap hinders a full assessment of the effectiveness of desertification control efforts. Our goal was to quantify species diversity, functional

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