Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic ...
Oct 4, 2024 · In grasslands, drought trended toward overall negative effects on SOC, POC, or MAOC concentrations (P = 0.14, P = 0.15, and P = 0.32, respectively). In shrublands, drought …
Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across …
Mar 17, 2016 · The contrasting response of WUE to drought between arid and semi-arid/sub-humid biomes suggests a different sensitivity of ecosystem processes to drought among those …
Differential responses of community‐level functional traits to mid‐ …
Aug 30, 2024 · In our study, increased temperature and lower humidity may contribute to enhanced drought effects at the late-season. Certain trait syndromes were determinant in this …
Nutrient effects on drought responses vary across common temperate …
May 5, 2023 · In this study, we comparatively quantified whole-plant drought responses of 13 common temperate grassland species under different nutrient regimes in a common garden …
Responses of ecosystem water use efficiency to meteorological drought …
Nov 15, 2019 · In hype-arid, sub-humid and humid regions, a drying trend resulted in increased WUE. Contrasting responses of WUE to drought were found in arid and semi-arid regions. The …
Droughts’ effects on grasslands have been underestimated
Jan 16, 2024 · Washington, DC—The effects of extreme drought have been greatly underestimated for grasslands and shrublands, according to findings published in Proceedings …
Comparative drought resistance of temperate grassland species: …
Feb 29, 2020 · In a wide range of temperate grasslands, drought decreases productivity and influences species abundance and distribution, as well as community composition and …
Increasing aridity, temperature and soil pH induce soil C-N-P …
Jan 21, 2016 · Drylands (arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid ecosystems), covering about 41% of the Earth’s land surface and hosting over 38% of the global population, have always …
Responses of bud banks and shoot density to experimental drought …
Feb 14, 2023 · Our results suggest that grass and forb bud banks can differ in their responses to both multi-year drought along an aridity gradient, and that bud limitation for shoot generation …
Temporal and spatial characteristics of ecological drought in the ...
2 days ago · The climate is temperate continental monsoon climate, the annual average precipitation is 238.33 mm, mainly concentrated in July to August, accounting for 76% to 80% …