The Response of Aboveground Net Primary Productivity of Desert Vegetation to Rainfall Pulse in the Temperate Desert Region of Northwest China

Green-up dates in the Tibetan Plateau have continuously advanced from 1982 to 2011

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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

Feedback from plant species change amplifies CO2enhancement of grassland productivity

(2012) H. Wayne Polley et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Studying interactions between climate variability and vegetation dynamic using a phenology based approach

(2012) S. Horion et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

MODIS-derived land surface moisture conditions for monitoring blacklegged tick habitat in southern New England

(2012) K.A. Berger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Increasing nitrogen deposition enhances post-drought recovery of grassland productivity in the Mongolian steppe

(2012) Toshihiko Kinugasa et al.   OECOLOGIA

Unexpected patterns of sensitivity to drought in three semi-arid grasslands

(2012) Karie Cherwin et al.   OECOLOGIA

More Stable Productivity of Semi Natural Grasslands than Sown Pastures in a Seasonally Dry Climate

(2012) Sonia Ospina et al.   PLoS One

Spatial and temporal variation in primary productivity (NDVI) of coastal Alaskan tundra: Decreased vegetation growth following earlier snowmelt

(2012) John A. Gamon et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Soil moisture and ecosystem function responses of desert grassland varying in vegetative cover to a saturating precipitation pulse

(2011) Erik P. Hamerlynck et al.   Ecohydrology

Impact of precipitation dynamics on net ecosystem productivity

(2011) William Parton et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The response of soil moisture to rainfall event size in subalpine grassland and meadows in a semi-arid mountain range: A case study in northwestern China’s Qilian Mountains

(2011) Zhibin He et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Influence of precipitation pulses on long-term Prosopis ferox dynamics in the Argentinean intermontane subtropics

(2011) Mariano S. Morales et al.   OECOLOGIA

The response of sap flow in shrubs to rainfall pulses in the desert region of China

(2010) Wenzhi Zhao et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Rainfall, topography and primary production relationships in a semiarid ecosystem

(2010) Tal Svoray et al.   Ecohydrology

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

Resource manipulation effects on net primary production, biomass allocation and rain-use efficiency of two semiarid grassland sites in Inner Mongolia, China

(2010) Ying Zhi Gao et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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

Individual Performances and the Interaction Between Arid Land Plants Affected by the Growth Season Water Pulses

(2008) M. Jankju   ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Whole ecosystem metabolic pulses following precipitation events

(2008) G. D. Jenerette et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climate change hotspots in the United States

(2008) Noah S. Diffenbaugh et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

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

Precipitation timing and magnitude differentially affect aboveground annual net primary productivity in three perennial species in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

(2008) Traesha R. Robertson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Increasing precipitation event size increases aboveground net primary productivity in a semi-arid grassland

(2008) Jana L. Heisler-White et al.   OECOLOGIA

Precipitation thresholds for CO2 uptake in grass and shrub plant communities on Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed

(2008) William E. Emmerich et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH