When does extreme drought elicit extreme ecological responses? [PDF]
Journal of Ecology, 2019 Abstract Global climate change models predict an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme droughts, with uncertain ecological impacts across ecosystems. In particular, it is not clear when extreme droughts will elicit extreme ecological responses.
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The Effects of an Initial Extreme Drought and Chronic Change in Precipitation on Plant Biomass Allocation in a Temperate Grassland [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDrying climate may strongly affect plant productivity and standing biomass and, thus, ecosystem carbon cycling. Whilst drought effects on grassland aboveground plant biomass (AGB) have been widely studied and are generally negative, reports on ...
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Asynchronous responses of microbial CAZymes genes and the net CO2 exchange in alpine peatland following 5 years of continuous extreme drought events [PDF]
ISME Communications, 2022 Peatlands act as an important sink of carbon dioxide (CO2). Yet, they are highly sensitive to climate change, especially to extreme drought. The changes in the net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) under extreme drought events, and the driving function of ...
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Plant and Soil Enzyme Activities Regulate CO2 Efflux in Alpine Peatlands After 5 Years of Simulated Extreme Drought [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Increasing attention has been given to the impact of extreme drought stress on ecosystem ecological processes. Ecosystem respiration (Re) and soil respiration (Rs) play a significant role in the regulation of the carbon (C) balance because they are two ...
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Extreme drought along the tropic of cancer (Yunnan section) and its impact on vegetation [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe frequent occurrence of extreme weather events is one of the future prospects of climate change, and how ecosystems respond to extreme drought is crucial for response to climate change.
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The combined effects of a long‐term experimental drought and an extreme drought on the use of plant‐water sources in a Mediterranean forest [PDF]
, 2014 Vegetation in water-limited ecosystems relies strongly on access to deep water reserves to withstand dry periods. Most of these ecosystems have shallow soils over deep groundwater reserves.
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Temporal and Spatial Effects of Extreme Drought Events on Human Epidemics over Ancient China in 1784–1787 CE [PDF]
Environmental HealthExtreme drought events can impact human health, notably triggering epidemics that impose significant global health and economic burdens. Understanding these effects and developing response strategies is crucial.
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The Vulnerability of Qilian Juniper to Extreme Drought Events. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2019 Identifying which trees are more vulnerable to extreme climatic events is a challenging problem in our understanding of forest and even ecosystem dynamics under climate change scenarios. As one of the most widely distributed tree species across the arid and semi-arid northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Qilian juniper (Juniperus przewalskii Kom.), is the main
Wang X, Yang B, Ljungqvist FC.
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Extreme drought pushes stream invertebrate communities over functional thresholds. [PDF]
Glob Chang Biol, 2019 AbstractFunctional traits are increasingly being used to predict extinction risks and range shifts under long‐term climate change scenarios, but have rarely been used to study vulnerability to extreme climatic events, such as supraseasonal droughts.
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Extreme drought shapes the gut microbiota composition and function of common cranes (Grus grus) wintering in Poyang Lake. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolWang C +7 more
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