BACKGROUND In the Anthropocene, there is a need to better understand the catastrophic
effects that climate and land-use change may have on ecosystems, Earth system …

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change have been explored in many regions
worldwide. While continued drying and warming may alter process rates and deteriorate the …

Climate change has become increasingly severe, threatening ecosystem stability and, in
particular, biodiversity. As a typical indicator of ecosystem evolution, vegetation growth is …

Ecological resilience is the ability of a system to persist in the face of perturbations. Although
resilience has been a highly influential concept, its interpretation has remained largely …

Channel networks are key to coastal wetland functioning and resilience under climate
change. Vegetation affects sediment and hydrodynamics in many different ways, which calls …

One of the major challenges in modern biology is to understand how the molecular
components of a living cell operate in a highly noisy environment. What are the specific …

Research on the coupling of soil, vegetation, and hydrological processes is not only a
research hotspot in disciplines such as pedology, ecohydrology and Earth system science …

A number of ecosystems can exhibit abrupt shifts between alternative stable states. Because
of their important ecological and economic consequences, recent research has focused on …

Belowground climate change responses remain a key unknown in the Earth system. Plant
fine-root response is especially important to understand because fine roots respond quickly …

Restoration has been elevated as an important strategy to reverse the decline of coastal
wetlands worldwide. Current practice in restoration science emphasizes minimizing …