Invasive alien plant species: Their impact on environment, ecosystem services and human health

PK Rai, JS Singh - Ecological indicators, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Ecological perturbations caused by biotic invasion have been identified as a growing threat
to global sustainability. Invasive alien plants species (IAPS) are considered to be one of the …

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

WRL Anderegg, JM Kane, LDL Anderegg - Nature climate change, 2013‏ - nature.com
Forests provide innumerable ecological, societal and climatological benefits, yet they are
vulnerable to drought and temperature extremes. Climate-driven forest die-off from drought …

[PDF][PDF] Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences

SR Archer, EM Andersen, KI Predick… - Rangeland systems …, 2017‏ - library.oapen.org
Woody vegetation in grasslands and savannas has increased worldwide over the past 100–
200 years. This phenomenon of “woody plant encroachment”(WPE) has been documented …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019‏ - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Terrestrial and inland water systems

J Settele, R Scholes, RA Betts, S Bunn… - 2014‏ - research-repository.griffith.edu.au
The topics assessed in this chapter were last assessed by the IPCC in 2007, principally in
WGII AR4 Chapters 3 (Kundzewicz et al., 2007) and 4 (Fischlin et al., 2007), but also in WGII …

Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses

Y Zhou, B Bomfim, WJ Bond, TW Boutton, MF Case… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Tropical savannas have been increasingly targeted for carbon sequestration by
afforestation, assuming large gains in soil organic carbon (SOC) with increasing tree cover …

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

N McDowell, WT Pockman, CD Allen… - New …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Severe droughts have been associated with regional‐scale forest mortality worldwide.
Climate change is expected to exacerbate regional mortality events; however, prediction …

Invasive species, ecosystem services and human well-being

L Pejchar, HA Mooney - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2009‏ - cell.com
Although the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) on native species are well documented,
the many ways in which such species impact ecosystem services are still emerging. Here we …

Altered ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles by plant invasion: a meta‐analysis

C Liao, R Peng, Y Luo, X Zhou, X Wu, C Fang… - New …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant invasion potentially alters ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. However, the
overall direction and magnitude of such alterations are poorly quantified.• Here, 94 …

Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs

AK Knapp, JM Briggs, SL Collins… - Global change …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Shrub encroachment into grass‐dominated biomes is occurring globally due to a variety of
anthropogenic activities, but the consequences for carbon (C) inputs, storage and cycling …