Because the ranges of many species are determined primarily by soil moisture patterns, changes in the absolute amounts of precipitation and the seasonal distributions of precipitation will be important in determining vegetation responses.
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the ranges of many species changes in the absolute amounts of precipitation and the seasonal distributions of precipitation
are determined will be
important in determining vegetation responses