Fig. 1From: Moderately prolonged dry intervals between precipitation events promote production in Leymus chinensis in a semi-arid grassland of Northeast ChinaResponses of L. chinensis aboveground biomass and belowground biomass to the variation in rainfall amounts and dry intervals. The values at each dry interval are the means ± SE (n = 4). Capital letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between rainfall amount treatments and small letters between dry interval treatments. L. chinensis withered during the 21-day interval (shadowed section)Back to article page