Succulent plants are iconic components of the florae of many terrestrial ecosystems, but
despite having caused fascination and prompted investigation for centuries, they still …

In the future, Earth will be warmer, precipitation events will be more extreme, global mean
sea level will rise, and many arid and semiarid regions will be drier. Human modifications of …

Aim Grasslands cover a third of Earth's landmass and provide critical ecosystem services.
Anticipating how perennial C3 (cool‐season) and C4 (warm‐season) grasses respond to …

Climate change predictions include warming and drying trends, which are expected to be
particularly pronounced in the southwestern United States. In this region, grassland …

Climate change shifts ecosystems, altering their compositions and instigating transitions,
making climate change the predominant driver of ecosystem instability. Land management …

Recent studies suggest the long-standing discrepancy between measured and modeled leaf
litter decomposition in drylands is, in part, the result of a unique combination of abiotic …

Dryland ecosystems cover large regions of the Earth and have important impacts on global
biogeochemistry and the carbon cycle. The plant species that occupy dryland environments …

Aim The differential responses of plant species to climate change are of great interest and
grave concern for scientists and conservationists. One underexploited resource for better …

This study aims to measure changes in climatic factors and their relationship to vegetation
growth in Qatar to develop a plant-climate characterization for native desert plants. By …

Woody species encroachment on grassland ecosystems is occurring worldwide with both
negative and positive consequences for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services …