The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems

KA Novick, DL Ficklin, C Grossiord… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An exponential rise in the atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) is among the most
consequential impacts of climate change in terrestrial ecosystems. Rising VPD has negative …

The intricacies of vegetation responses to changing moisture conditions

JK Green - New Phytologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing debate looks at whether air or soil dryness is more limiting to vegetation
water use and productivity. The answer has large implications for future ecosystem …

Global patterns and drivers of post-fire vegetation productivity recovery

H Xu, HW Chen, D Chen, Y Wang, X Yue, B He… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Wildfires cause critical shifts in ecosystem functions, such as dramatic reductions in
vegetation productivity. However, how fast vegetation regains its pre-fire productivity levels …

Water constraints enhanced by revegetation while alleviated by increased precipitation on China's water-dominated Loess Plateau

J Zhou, Q Liu, L Liang, D Yan, Y Yang, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vegetation has critical effects on land–atmosphere substance and energy exchange,
however, it is not yet clear how large-scale revegetation alters ecosystem constraints to …

Warming-induced vapor pressure deficit suppression of vegetation growth diminished in northern peatlands

N Chen, Y Zhang, F Yuan, C Song, M Xu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies have reported worldwide vegetation suppression in response to increasing
atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD). Here, we integrate multisource datasets to show …

Soil moisture plays an increasingly important role role in constraining vegetation productivity in China over the past two decades

G Qi, D She, J ** the interannual variability (IAV) of terrestrial
ecosystem carbon sinks. However, the dominant CFs influencing the IAV of terrestrial carbon …

Atmospheric water demand dominates terrestrial ecosystem productivity in China

Y Tu, X Wang, J Zhou, X Wang, Z Jia, J Ma… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vegetation production is critical for carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. However,
the relative contribution of soil moisture (SM) and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) to vegetation …

Assessment of vegetation net primary productivity variation and influencing factors in the Bei**g-Tian**-Hebei region

Z Ma, J Wu, H Yang, Z Hong, J Yang, L Gao - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exploring the spatiotemporal variations of vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) and
analyzing the relationships between NPP and its influencing factors are vital for ecological …