Competition between plants is in part responsible for the diversity of vegetation in different ecosystems. Diversity studies have to take into account what is happening beneath the soil as well as above it.
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Moore, P. Roots of diversity. Nature 424, 26–27 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424026a
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