Future climates are forecast to include greater precipitation variability and more frequent
heat waves, but the degree to which the timing of climate variability impacts ecosystems is …

Evidence for global insect declines mounts, increasing our need to understand underlying
mechanisms. We test the nutrient dilution (ND) hypothesis—the decreasing concentration of …

Understanding how biotic mechanisms confer stability in variable environments is a
fundamental quest in ecology, and one that is becoming increasingly urgent with global …

Grazing, fire, and climate shape mesic grassland communities. With global change altering
all three factors, understanding how grasslands respond to changes in these combined …

Changing precipitation regimes could have profound influences on carbon (C) cycle in the
biosphere. However, how soil C release from terrestrial ecosystems responds to changing …

Our planet is facing a variety of serious threats from climate change that are unfolding
unevenly across the globe. Uncovering the spatial patterns of ecosystem stability is …

Redistribution of precipitation across seasons is a widespread phenomenon affecting
dryland ecosystems globally. However, the impacts of shifting seasonal precipitation …

Understanding controls on net primary production (NPP) has been a long‐standing goal in
ecology. Climate is a well‐known control on NPP, although the temporal differences among …

Understanding drivers of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) has long been a goal
of ecology. Decades of investigation have shown total annual precipitation to be an …

The frequency of extreme weather events, such as droughts, is assumed to increase leading
to alterations of ecosystem productivity and thus the terrestrial carbon cycle. Although …