Global change and terrestrial plant community dynamics

J Franklin, JM Serra-Diaz… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Anthropogenic drivers of global change include rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gasses and resulting changes in the climate, as well as …

Ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 governed by plant–soil interactions and the cost of nitrogen acquisition

C Terrer, S Vicca, BD Stocker, BA Hungate… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 507 I. Introduction 507 II. The return on investment approach 508 III. CO2
response spectrum 510 IV. Discussion 516 Acknowledgements 518 References 518 …

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

D Bauman, C Fortunel, G Delhaye, Y Malhi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …

[PDF][PDF] Land–climate interactions

ÉL Davin - 2022 - boris.unibe.ch
Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

KH Erb, T Kastner, C Plutzar, ALS Bais, N Carvalhais… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Carbon stocks in vegetation have a key role in the climate system,,,. However, the
magnitude, patterns and uncertainties of carbon stocks and the effect of land use on the …

Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests

MJP Sullivan, SL Lewis, K Affum-Baffoe, C Castilho… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The sensitivity of tropical forest carbon to climate is a key uncertainty in predicting global
climate change. Although short-term drying and warming are known to affect forests, it is …

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

CD Allen, DD Breshears, NG McDowell - Ecosphere, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated
broad‐scale forest die‐off due to drought accompanied by warmer temperatures—“hotter …

Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia

CE Doughty, DB Metcalfe, CAJ Girardin, FF Amézquita… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon basin experienced two strong droughts, driven by shifts in the
tropical hydrological regime possibly associated with global climate change, as predicted by …

The decadal state of the terrestrial carbon cycle: Global retrievals of terrestrial carbon allocation, pools, and residence times

AA Bloom, JF Exbrayat… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The terrestrial carbon cycle is currently the least constrained component of the global carbon
budget. Large uncertainties stem from a poor understanding of plant carbon allocation …

Improving the monitoring of crop productivity using spaceborne solar‐induced fluorescence

K Guan, JA Berry, Y Zhang, J Joiner… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale monitoring of crop growth and yield has important value for forecasting food
production and prices and ensuring regional food security. A newly emerging satellite …