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ArticleEcology and evolution2020

Leaf size variations in a dominant desert shrub,

Xingke Fan, Xia Yan, Chaoju Qian, Daoura Goudia Bachir, Xiaoyue Yin, Peipei Sun, Xiao-Fei Ma

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xingke FanKey Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions, Gansu Province Department of Ecology and Agriculture Research Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5986-1273
Xia YanSchool of Life Sciences Nantong University Nantong China.
Chaoju QianKey Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions, Gansu Province Department of Ecology and Agriculture Research Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China.
Daoura Goudia BachirKey Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions, Gansu Province Department of Ecology and Agriculture Research Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China.
Xiaoyue YinKey Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions, Gansu Province Department of Ecology and Agriculture Research Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China.
Peipei SunKey Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions, Gansu Province Department of Ecology and Agriculture Research Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China.
Xiao-Fei MaKey Laboratory of Stress Physiology and Ecology in Cold and Arid Regions, Gansu Province Department of Ecology and Agriculture Research Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-6968
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNNantong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The climate in arid Central Asia (ACA) has changed rapidly in recent decades, but the ecological consequences of this are far from clear. To predict the impacts of climate change on ecosystem functioning, greater attention should be given to the relationships between leaf functional traits and environmental heterogeneity. As a dominant constructive shrub widely distributed in ACA,

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arid Central Asiacommon gardenenvironmental changeleaf sizelocal adaptationReaumuria soongarica

Identifiers

PMID33005365
PMCPMC7520190
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