Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and intensity

AF Feldman, X Feng, AJ Felton, AG Konings… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Regardless of annual rainfall amount changes, daily rainfall events are becoming more
intense but less frequent with anthropogenic warming. Larger rainfall events and longer dry …

Soil constraints in an arid environment—challenges, prospects, and implications

A Naorem, S Jayaraman, YP Dang, RC Dalal… - Agronomy, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Climate models project that many terrestrial ecosystems will become drier over the course of
this century, leading to a drastic increase in the global extent of arid soils. In order to …

Soil moisture dominates dryness stress on ecosystem production globally

L Liu, L Gudmundsson, M Hauser, D Qin, S Li… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Dryness stress can limit vegetation growth and is often characterized by low soil moisture
(SM) and high atmospheric water demand (vapor pressure deficit, VPD). However, the …

Drought effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems

L Deng, C Peng, DG Kim, J Li, Y Liu, X Hai, Q Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the …

A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

J Song, S Wan, S Piao, AK Knapp, AT Classen… - Nature ecology & …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Direct quantification of terrestrial biosphere responses to global change is crucial for
projections of future climate change in Earth system models. Here, we synthesized …

Carbon myopia: The urgent need for integrated social, economic and environmental action in the livestock sector

MT Harrison, BR Cullen, DE Mayberry… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by
need. While our knowledge of livestock greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation has …

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 …

C: N: P stoichiometry of plants, soils, and microorganisms: Response to altered precipitation

J Li, L Deng, J Peñuelas, J Wu… - Global change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation changes modify C, N, and P cycles, which regulate the functions and structure
of terrestrial ecosystems. Although altered precipitation affects above‐and belowground C …

Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

WRL Anderegg, JA Hicke, RA Fisher, CD Allen… - New …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to drive increased tree mortality through drought, heat stress,
and insect attacks, with manifold impacts on forest ecosystems. Yet, climate‐induced tree …

Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

D Frank, M Reichstein, M Bahn, K Thonicke… - Global change …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes
may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …