Climate change is a pervasive and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems.
Here, we present the most up-to-date assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity …

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of droughts. These
events, which can cause significant perturbations of terrestrial ecosystems and potentially …

Environmental pollution, increasing CO2 atmospheric levels and the greenhouse effect are
closely associated with the ongoing climate change and the extreme climatic events we are …

Ecologists have long studied patterns, directions and tempos of change, but there is a
pressing need to extend current understanding to empirical observations of abrupt changes …

Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes
may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …

Identifying the thresholds of drought that, if crossed, suppress vegetation functioning is vital
for accurate quantification of how land ecosystems respond to climate variability and …

Current research in basic and applied knowledge of plant science has aimed to unravel the
role of the interaction between environmental factors and the genome in the physiology of …

Main conclusion Environmental-friendly techniques based on plant stress memory, cross-
stress tolerance, and seed priming help sustainable agriculture by mitigating negative …

Defense priming conditions diverse plant species for the superinduction of defense, often
resulting in enhanced pest and disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance. Here, we …

Experience and memory of environmental stimuli that indicate future stress can prepare
(prime) organismic stress responses even in species lacking a nervous system. The process …