Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sink

S Ruehr, TF Keenan, C Williams, Y Zhou, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Climate change has been partially mitigated by an increasing net land carbon sink in the
terrestrial biosphere; understanding the processes that drive this sink is thus essential for …

Current understanding of leaf senescence in rice

S Lee, C Masclaux-Daubresse - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Leaf senescence, which is the last developmental phase of plant growth, is controlled by
multiple genetic and environmental factors. Leaf yellowing is a visual indicator of …

Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence

C Wu, J Peng, P Ciais, J Peñuelas, H Wang… - Nature Climate …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Global warming delays the autumn date of foliar senescence (DFS) in recent decades, with
positive implications for growing season length and therefore global carbon storage …

Effect of climate warming on the timing of autumn leaf senescence reverses after the summer solstice

CM Zohner, L Mirzagholi, SS Renner, L Mo… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Climate change is shifting the growing seasons of plants, affecting species performance and
biogeochemical cycles. Yet how the timing of autumn leaf senescence in Northern …

Warm springs alter timing but not total growth of temperate deciduous trees

C Dow, AY Kim, L D'Orangeville, EB Gonzalez-Akre… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
As the climate changes, warmer spring temperatures are causing earlier leaf-out,–and
commencement of CO2 uptake, in temperate deciduous forests, resulting in a tendency …

Exacerbated drought impacts on global ecosystems due to structural overshoot

Y Zhang, TF Keenan, S Zhou - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021‏ - nature.com
Vegetation dynamics are affected not only by the concurrent climate but also by memory-
induced lagged responses. For example, favourable climate in the past could stimulate …

Distinguishing the effects of climate change and vegetation greening on soil moisture variability along aridity gradient in the drylands of northern China

L Xu, G Gao, X Wang, B Fu - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Drylands are particularly sensitive to climate change, and soil water availability is critical for
dryland ecosystems. Climate change and large-scale ecological restoration have led to …

Phenological mismatches between above-and belowground plant responses to climate warming

H Liu, H Wang, N Li, J Shao, X Zhou… - Nature climate …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Climate warming is changing the aboveground phenology of plants around the world.
However, the effects of warming on the belowground phenology of plants remain relatively …

Precipitation versus temperature as phenology controls in drylands

CM Currier, OE Sala - Ecology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cycles of plant growth, termed phenology, are tightly linked to environmental controls. The
length of time spent growing, bounded by the start and end of season, is an important …

Siberian plants shift their phenology in response to climate change

S Rosbakh, F Hartig, DV Sandanov… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Siberia has undergone dramatic climatic changes due to global warming in recent decades.
Yet, the ecological responses to these climatic changes are still poorly understood due to a …