Dryland productivity under a changing climate

L Wang, W Jiao, N MacBean, MC Rulli… - Nature Climate …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Drivers and impacts of changes in China's drylands

C Li, B Fu, S Wang, LC Stringer, Y Wang, Z Li… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract China has 6.6 million km2 of drylands that support approximately 580 million
people. These drylands are at risk of desertification. In this Review, the changes observed in …

Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships

W Hu, J Ran, L Dong, Q Du, M Ji, S Yao, Y Sun… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem
multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been …

Climate-driven ecological thresholds in China's drylands modulated by grazing

C Li, B Fu, S Wang, LC Stringer, W Zhou, Z Ren… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Degradation of ecosystems can occur when certain ecological thresholds are passed below
which ecosystem responses remain within 'safe ecological limits'. Ecosystems such as …

Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: a global meta‐analysis

Y Yang, X Chen, L Liu, T Li, Y Dou, J Qiao… - Global Change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbes make up a significant portion of the genetic diversity and play a critical role in
belowground carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial diversity and …

Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes

M Delgado-Baquerizo, PB Reich, C Trivedi… - Nature ecology & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The role of soil biodiversity in regulating multiple ecosystem functions is poorly understood,
limiting our ability to predict how soil biodiversity loss might affect human wellbeing and …

Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

M Berdugo, M Delgado-Baquerizo, S Soliveres… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and
functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) …

Altered activities of extracellular soil enzymes by the interacting global environmental changes

P Zuccarini, J Sardans, L Asensio… - Global change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Soil enzymes are crucial in mediating ecosystems' responses to environmental drivers, so
that the comprehension of their sensitivity to drivers of global change can help make …

Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

M Berdugo, JJ Gaitán, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
The constant provision of plant productivity is integral to supporting the liability of
ecosystems and human wellbeing in global drylands. Drylands are paradigmatic examples …

Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …