The region effect on mesoscale plant species richness between eastern Asia and eastern North America

136.The greater number of plant species in temperate eastern Asia compared to easternNorth America has been ascribed to both local environment and regionalcharacteristics, but the relative contributions of each have not been resolved. In thisanalysis, we related species richness of flowering plants in mesoscale floras (B

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