Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and intensity

AF Feldman, X Feng, AJ Felton, AG Konings… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Regardless of annual rainfall amount changes, daily rainfall events are becoming more
intense but less frequent with anthropogenic warming. Larger rainfall events and longer dry …

Impacts and management strategies for crop production in waterlogged or flooded soils: A review

G Kaur, G Singh, PP Motavalli, KA Nelson… - Agronomy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, flooding is one of the most damaging abiotic stresses, besides drought, that affects
17 million km2 of land surface annually. Recent research indicates that climate change is …

C: N: P stoichiometry of plants, soils, and microorganisms: Response to altered precipitation

J Li, L Deng, J Peñuelas, J Wu… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation changes modify C, N, and P cycles, which regulate the functions and structure
of terrestrial ecosystems. Although altered precipitation affects above‐and belowground C …

Plant sizes and shapes above and belowground and their interactions with climate

SJ Tumber‐Dávila, HJ Schenk, E Du… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although the above and belowground sizes and shapes of plants strongly influence plant
competition, community structure, and plant–environment interactions, plant sizes and …

Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation–productivity relationships: implications for climate change

AK Knapp, P Ciais, MD Smith - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation (PPT) is a primary climatic determinant of plant growth and aboveground net
primary production (ANPP) over much of the globe. Thus, PPT–ANPP relationships are …

Climate change reduces extent of temperate drylands and intensifies drought in deep soils

DR Schlaepfer, JB Bradford, WK Lauenroth… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Drylands cover 40% of the global terrestrial surface and provide important ecosystem
services. While drylands as a whole are expected to increase in extent and aridity in coming …

Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: a synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments

KR Wilcox, Z Shi, LA Gherardi… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic changes are altering Earth's hydrological cycle, resulting in altered precipitation
amounts, increased interannual variability of precipitation, and more frequent extreme …

[HTML][HTML] The grassland carbon cycle: Mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality

L Liu, EJ Sayer, M Deng, P Li, W Liu, X Wang… - Fundamental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grassland is one of the largest terrestrial biomes, providing critical ecosystem services such
as food production, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation. Global climate …

Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States

GE Maurer, AJ Hallmark, RF Brown, OE Sala… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Primary production, a key regulator of the global carbon cycle, is highly responsive to
variations in climate. Yet, a detailed, continental‐scale risk assessment of climate‐related …

Climate change influences mycorrhizal fungal–plant interactions, but conclusions are limited by geographical study bias

AE Bennett, AT Classen - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is altering the interactions among plants and soil organisms in ways that will
alter the structure and function of ecosystems. We reviewed the literature and developed a …