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

Multi‐year lags in tree drought recovery, termed 'drought legacy effects', are important for
understanding the impacts of drought on forest ecosystems, including carbon (C) cycle …

The identification of properties that contribute to the persistence and resilience of
ecosystems despite climate change constitutes a research priority of global relevance. Here …

Climate change forecasts of more frequent climate extremes suggest that such events will
become increasingly important drivers of future ecosystem dynamics and function. Because …

Drylands cover 41% of Earth's surface and are the largest source of interannual variability in
the global carbon sink. Drylands are projected to experience accelerated expansion over …

The sensitivity of vegetation productivity to precipitation (S ppt) is a key metric for
understanding the variations in vegetation productivity under changing precipitation and …

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 …

In view of future changes in climate, it is important to better understand how different plant
functional groups (PFG s) respond to warmer and drier conditions, particularly in temperate …

Drought is an intermittent disturbance of the water cycle that profoundly affects the terrestrial
carbon cycle. However, the response of the coupled water and carbon cycles to drought and …

The role of time in ecology has a long history of investigation, but ecologists have largely
restricted their attention to the influence of concurrent abiotic conditions on rates and …