Biogeography of global drylands

FT Maestre, BM Benito, M Berdugo… - New …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms …

Evolution of light use efficiency models: Improvement, uncertainties, and implications

Y Pei, J Dong, Y Zhang, W Yuan, R Doughty… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Light use efficiency (LUE) models have been widely used to estimate terrestrial gross
primary production (GPP) at local, regional, and global scales, which is vital for …

Global patterns of water storage in the rooting zones of vegetation

BD Stocker, SJ Tumber-Dávila, AG Konings… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The rooting-zone water-storage capacity—the amount of water accessible to plants—
controls the sensitivity of land–atmosphere exchange of water and carbon during dry …

The role of urban trees in reducing land surface temperatures in European cities

J Schwaab, R Meier, G Mussetti, S Seneviratne… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Urban trees influence temperatures in cities. However, their effectiveness at mitigating urban
heat in different climatic contexts and in comparison to treeless urban green spaces has not …

Nitrogen addition promotes terrestrial plants to allocate more biomass to aboveground organs: A global meta‐analysis

H Feng, J Guo, C Peng, D Kneeshaw… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A significant increase in reactive nitrogen (N) added to terrestrial ecosystems through
agricultural fertilization or atmospheric deposition is considered to be one of the most …

Atmosphere–soil carbon transfer as a function of soil depth

J Balesdent, I Basile-Doelsch, J Chadoeuf, S Cornu… - Nature, 2018‏ - nature.com
The exchange of carbon between soil organic carbon (SOC) and the atmosphere affects the
climate, and—because of the importance of organic matter to soil fertility—agricultural …

Pedotransfer functions in Earth system science: Challenges and perspectives

K Van Looy, J Bouma, M Herbst, J Koestel… - Reviews of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Soil, through its various functions, plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystems and provides
multiple ecosystem services to humanity. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are simple to …

Water potential regulation, stomatal behaviour and hydraulic transport under drought: deconstructing the iso/anisohydric concept

J Martínez‐Vilalta, N Garcia‐Forner - Plant, cell & environment, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we address the relationship between stomatal behaviour, water potential
regulation and hydraulic transport in plants, focusing on the implications for the …

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 …

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

N Perez-Harguindeguy, S Diaz, E Garnier… - Australian Journal of …, 2016‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …