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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop +8 more
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Remote Sensing, 2016 Measuring the impact of livestock grazing on grassland above-ground net primary production (ANPP) is essential for grass yield estimation and pasture management.
Jiyan Wang, Ainong Li, Jinhu Bian
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Functional response of U.S. grasslands to the early 21st-century drought [PDF]
, 2014 Grasslands across the United States play a key role in regional livelihood and national food security. Yet, it is still unclear how this important resource will respond to the prolonged warm droughts and more intense rainfall events predicted with ...
Augustine, DJ +11 more
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Effects of resource additions on species richness and ANPP in an alpine meadow community [PDF]
Journal of Plant Ecology, 2009 Aims Theories based on resourceadditions indicate that plant species richness is mainly determined by the number of limiting resources. However, the individual effects of various limiting resources on species richness and aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) are less well understood.
Z. Ren +7 more
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Plant Biology, EarlyView.Using a 4‐year drought experiment in the hot deserts of the US, we found that herbaceous plant communities were more sensitive to seasonal precipitation than to the cumulative effects of drought. Abstract The hot deserts of the southwestern United States are experiencing increased frequency, severity, and duration of drought due to anthropogenic ...
T. Ohlert +4 more
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Ekológia (Bratislava), 2017 The Ukrainian feather-grass steppe ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate changes. To study the impact of climatic factors on steppe ecosystems’ productivity, the correlation and stepwise regression analysis between ANPP and other variables were ...
Belyakov Sergiy +3 more
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Impacts of Climate Change Drivers on C4 Grassland Productivity: Scaling Driver Effects Through the Plant Community [PDF]
, 2014 Climate change drivers affect plant community productivity via three pathways: (i) direct effects of drivers on plants; (ii) the response of species abundances to drivers (community response); and (iii) the feedback effect of community change on ...
Derner, Justin +5 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2026.Abstract Understanding spatial variation in grassland productivity is critical for ecological modeling and management. The Great Plains of North America, a vast grassland region east of the Rocky Mountains, exhibits strong gradients in aboveground net primary production (ANPP) linked to precipitation and finer scale topoedaphic variation.
Johny Arteaga +10 more
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Remote Sensing, 2017 This paper presents an alternative approach for high spatial resolution vegetation productivity mapping at a regional scale, using a combination of Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) imagery and widely distributed ground-based Above-ground Net
Emma J. Tebbs +4 more
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Plant functional trait diversity regulates the nonlinear response of productivity to regional climate change in Tibetan alpine grasslands [PDF]
, 2016 The biodiversity-productivity relationship is still under debate for alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. We know little about direct and indirect effects of biotic and abiotic drivers on this relationship, especially in regard to plant functional ...
Wu, Jianshuang +2 more
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