This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

We review results from field experiments that simulate drought, an ecologically impactful
global change threat that is predicted to increase in magnitude, extent, duration and …

Perennial plants create productive and biodiverse hotspots, known as fertile islands,
beneath their canopies. These hotspots largely determine the structure and functioning of …

The biogeochemical cycles of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are interlinked
by primary production, respiration and decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. It has been …

The episodic nature of water availability in arid and semiarid ecosystems has significant
consequences on belowground carbon and nutrient cycling. Pulsed water events directly …

Water availability limits plant growth and production in almost all terrestrial ecosystems,,,,.
However, biomes differ substantially in sensitivity of aboveground net primary production …

We review the evidence of how organisms and populations are currently responding to
climate change through phenotypic plasticity, genotypic evolution, changes in distribution …

▪ Abstract The composition and structure of the semiarid or desert grasslands of
southwestern North America have changed over the past 150 y. Brushy or woody species in …

Most ecologists are not card-carrying members of either individualistic or interdependent
guilds, but our perception of plant community organization, and the way we conduct …

In arid/semi-arid ecosystems, biological resources, such as water, soil nutrients, and plant
biomass, typically go through periods of high and low abundance. Short periods of high …