How eddy covariance flux measurements have contributed to our understanding of Global Change Biology

DD Baldocchi - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A global network of long‐term carbon and water flux measurements has existed since the
late 1990s. With its representative sampling of the terrestrial biosphere's climate and …

A review of soil carbon dynamics resulting from agricultural practices

F Abbas, HM Hammad, W Ishaq, AA Farooque… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Literature related to the carbon cycle and climate contains contradictory results with regard
to whether agricultural practices increase or mitigate emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) …

Changes in rainfall seasonality in the tropics

X Feng, A Porporato, I Rodriguez-Iturbe - Nature Climate Change, 2013 - nature.com
Climate change has altered not only the overall magnitude of rainfall but also its seasonal
distribution and interannual variability worldwide,,. Such changes in the rainfall regimes will …

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 …

Assessing the effects of land use and topography on soil erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

W Sun, Q Shao, J Liu, J Zhai - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) was used in conjunction with
geographic information system (GIS) map** to determine the influence of land use and …

Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions

GE Ponce-Campos, MS Moran, A Huete, Y Zhang… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Climate change is predicted to increase both drought frequency and duration, and when
coupled with substantial warming, will establish a new hydroclimatological model for many …

Biotic and abiotic factors predicting the global distribution and population density of an invasive large mammal

JS Lewis, ML Farnsworth, CL Burdett, DM Theobald… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Biotic and abiotic factors are increasingly acknowledged to synergistically shape broad-
scale species distributions. However, the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors in …

Precipitation manipulation experiments–challenges and recommendations for the future

C Beier, C Beierkuhnlein, T Wohlgemuth… - Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic changes, including altered precipitation regimes, will affect key ecosystem
processes, such as plant productivity and biodiversity for many terrestrial ecosystems. Past …

A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability

CPO Reyer, S Leuzinger, A Rammig… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We review observational, experimental, and model results on how plants respond to
extreme climatic conditions induced by changing climatic variability. Distinguishing between …

Aridity threshold in controlling ecosystem nitrogen cycling in arid and semi-arid grasslands

C Wang, X Wang, D Liu, H Wu, X Lü, Y Fang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Higher aridity and more extreme rainfall events in drylands are predicted due to climate
change. Yet, it is unclear how changing precipitation regimes may affect nitrogen (N) cycling …