Field experiments have enhanced our understanding of drought impacts on terrestrial ecosystems—But where do we go from here?

AK Knapp, KV Condon, CC Folks… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We review results from field experiments that simulate drought, an ecologically impactful
global change threat that is predicted to increase in magnitude, extent, duration and …

Susceptibility of vegetation low-growth to climate extremes on Tibetan Plateau

Y Zhang, S Hong, D Liu, S Piao - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023 - Elsevier
Both intensity and frequency of climate extreme events have significantly increased over the
past decades, which triggered exceptional responses in terrestrial ecosystems. Resolving …

Effects of drought and climate factors on vegetation dynamics in Central Asia from 1982 to 2020

L Liu, J Peng, G Li, J Guan, W Han, X Ju… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological security and ecosystem stability in Central Asia depend heavily on the local
vegetation. Vegetation dynamics and the response and hysteresis relationships to climate …

Using baseflow ensembles for hydrologic hysteresis characterization in humid basins of Southeastern China

H Chen, S Huang, YP Xu… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Baseflow plays a vital role in protecting the environment and ensuring a stable water supply
for farming. There are still gaps in the current understanding of baseflow convergence rates …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal variation of net primary productivity and its response to drought in Inner Mongolian desert steppe

D Yu, Y Li, B Yin, N Wu, R Ye, G Liu - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
The desert steppe in Inner Mongolia is an important part of the temperate grasslands in
Central Asia and plays a key role in sustaining the regional pastoral livelihood and securing …

Increased sensitivity of global vegetation productivity to drought over the recent three decades

X Wei, W He, Y Zhou, N Cheng, J **ao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intensified droughts have been weakening global vegetation productivity, yet how the
sensitivity of vegetation productivity to drought changes over time is not well known. Here …

Response of global agricultural productivity anomalies to drought stress in irrigated and rainfed agriculture

X Chen, L Wang, Q Cao, J Sun, Z Niu, L Yang… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The response of agricultural productivity anomalies to drought stress plays a crucial role in
the carbon cycle within terrestrial ecosystems and in ensuring food security. However …

Diverse responses of gross primary production and leaf area index to drought on the Mongolian Plateau

Y Bai, M Liu, Q Guo, G Wu, W Wang, S Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is a crucial factor regulating vegetation growth on the Mongolian Plateau (MP).
Previous studies of drought effects on the MP have mainly concentrated on drought …

Can limiting global temperature rise to below 2° C warming prevent the emergence of unprecedented drought?

Y Ji, J Fu, B Liu, X Tan - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of anthropogenic global warming, unprecedented drought is expected to
emerge over some regions where drought conditions exceed the variation range of the …

The strengthened impact of water availability at interannual and decadal time scales on vegetation GPP

C Liang, M Zhang, Z Wang, X **ang… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water availability (WA) is a key factor influencing the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems
under climate warming, but its effects on gross primary production (EWA‐GPP) at multiple …