Seasonal, not annual precipitation drives community productivity across ecosystems

Variation in monsoon precipitation drives spatial and temporal patterns of Larrea tridentata growth in the Sonoran Desert

(2012) Ryan A. Sponseller et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Precipitation timing and grazer performance in a tallgrass prairie

(2012) Joseph M. Craine et al.   OIKOS

The Effects of Warming-Shifted Plant Phenology on Ecosystem Carbon Exchange Are Regulated by Precipitation in a Semi-Arid Grassland

(2012) Jianyang Xia et al.   PLoS One

Precipitation variability and fire influence the temporal dynamics of soil CO2 efflux in an arid grassland

(2011) Rodrigo Vargas et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Explaining temporal variation in above-ground productivity in a mesic grassland: the role of climate and flowering

(2011) Kimberly J. La Pierre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

(2011) Nichole N. Barger et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

A field test of the stress-gradient hypothesis along an aridity gradient

(2011) Cristina Armas et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The impact of altered precipitation variability on annual weed species

(2010) Todd M. P. Robinson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Community structure and composition in response to climate change in a temperate steppe

(2010) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effect of precipitation variability on net primary production and soil respiration in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

(2010) MICHELL L. THOMEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Complex seasonal cycle of ecohydrology in the Southwest United States

(2010) Michael Notaro et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Development of daily precipitation projections for the United States based on probabilistic downscaling

(2010) J. T. Schoof et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Influence of spring and autumn phenological transitions on forest ecosystem productivity

(2010) A. D. Richardson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Separation of grassland litter and ecosite influences on seasonal soil moisture and plant growth dynamics

(2010) Eliza S. Deutsch et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Contingent productivity responses to more extreme rainfall regimes across a grassland biome

(2009) JANA L. HEISLER-WHITE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Aboveground production and species richness of annuals in Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities

(2009) Y. Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Precipitation magnitude and timing differentially affect species richness and plant density in the sotol grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert

(2009) Traesha R. Robertson et al.   OECOLOGIA

Primary Productivity and Precipitation-Use Efficiency in Mixed-Grass Prairie: A Comparison of Northern and Southern US Sites

(2009) Lance T. Vermeire et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change

(2008) PHILIP A. FAY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The sensitivity of annual grassland carbon cycling to the quantity and timing of rainfall

(2008) WENDY W. CHOU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Above- and belowground biomass in relation to environmental factors in temperate grasslands, Inner Mongolia

(2008) WenHong Ma et al.   Science in China. Series C, Life sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences