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1. not vascular
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2. Local variation in productivity is also associated with dramatic shifts in the relative abundance of plant functional types including both vascular and nonvascular plants (sections 7.3 and 7.4.1).
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3. The dominant C input to arctic ecosystems is from photosynthesis in vascular and nonvascular plants, which in total comprises GEP.
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4. Total nonvascular plant biomass and particularly the biomass of lichens decreased in response to 10 years or more of environmental manipulations at sites in subarctic Sweden and in Alaska.
