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Appendix B. Descriptive statistics for sample area (km2), maximum elevation (m), mean annual temperature (MAT, °C), summer precipitation (SRAIN, mm), and actual evapotranspiration (AET, mm/yr) for floras used in this study.

 

Eastern Asia

 

Eastern North America

 

Mean

Median

SD

 

Mean

Median

SD

Area

330512.0

2800.0

627891.0

 

165108.0

12973.5

449027.0

Elevation

2512.8

2120.0

1610.3

 

967.0

749.0

657.1

MAT

13.2

14.3

5.5

 

13.1

12.1

4.7

SRAIN

473.1

478.2

51.0

 

530.7

523.9

59.2

AET

815.2

891.0

222.8

 

920.5

888.0

166.9



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