Elevated precipitation alters the community structure of spring ephemerals by changing dominant species density in Central Asia

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods

(2018) Matthew D. Petrie et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Defining spatiotemporal characteristics of climate change trends from downscaled GCMs ensembles: how climate change reacts in Xinjiang, China

(2018) Min Luo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Shifts in Plant Community Assembly Processes across Growth Forms along a Habitat Severity Gradient: A Test of the Plant Functional Trait Approach

(2018) Jinshi Xu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Legacy Effects of Climate Extremes in Alpine Grassland

(2018) Hans J. De Boeck et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Life history responses of spring-and autumn-germinated ephemeral plants to increased nitrogen and precipitation in the Gurbantunggut Desert

(2018) Yanfeng Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Influences of recent climate change and human activities on water storage variations in Central Asia

(2017) Haijun Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Vegetation dynamics and responses to climate change and human activities in Central Asia

(2017) Liangliang Jiang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Climate warming reduces the temporal stability of plant community biomass production

(2017) Zhiyuan Ma et al.   Nature Communications

Using Regional Climate Projections to Guide Grassland Community Restoration in the Face of Climate Change

(2017) Kristin Kane et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Contrasting Effects of Extreme Drought and Snowmelt Patterns on Mountain Plants along an Elevation Gradient

(2017) Sergey Rosbakh et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Drivers of Variation in Aboveground Net Primary Productivity and Plant Community Composition Differ Across a Broad Precipitation Gradient

(2016) Kimberly J. La Pierre et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of rainfall intensity and intermittency on woody vegetation cover and deep soil moisture in dryland ecosystems

(2016) Ding-Hai Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Contrasting effects of precipitation manipulations in two Great Plains plant communities

(2016) Kerry M. Byrne et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The spatiotemporal patterns of vegetation coverage and biomass of the temperate deserts in Central Asia and their relationships with climate controls

(2016) Chi Zhang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi negatively affect soil seed bank viability

(2016) Mahmood Maighal et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Altered Precipitation Impacts on Above- and Below-Ground Grassland Invertebrates: Summer Drought Leads to Outbreaks in Spring

(2016) Marcel D. Torode et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Carbon stock and its responses to climate change in Central Asia

(2015) Chaofan Li et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Spatial and environmental determinants of plant species diversity in a temperate desert

(2015) Rong Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Resource colimitation governs plant community responses to altered precipitation

(2015) Anu Eskelinen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

(2015) Tom H. Oliver et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Spatial and environmental determinants of plant species diversity in a temperate desert

(2015) Rong Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation dynamics in Central Asia

(2015) Zhi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Climate change drives a shift in peatland ecosystem plant community: Implications for ecosystem function and stability

(2014) Catherine M. Dieleman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie

(2014) Meghan L. Avolio et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional trait expression of grassland species shift with short- and long-term nutrient additions

(2014) Kimberly J. La Pierre et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Wind Erosion Induced Soil Degradation in Northern China: Status, Measures and Perspective

(2014) Zhongling Guo et al.   Sustainability

Subordinate plant species enhance community resistance against drought in semi-natural grasslands

(2013) Pierre Mariotte et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19-year increase in growing season precipitation

(2012) Scott L. Collins et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Field wind tunnel testing of two silt loam soils on the North American Central High Plains

(2012) R. Scott Van Pelt et al.   Aeolian Research

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

Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

(2010) JEFFREY L. WALCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale

(2010) Uffe N. Nielsen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Above ground perennial plant biomass across an altitudinal and land-use gradient in Namaqualand, South Africa

(2010) P.M.L. Anderson et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change

(2009) Melinda D. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Climate and environmental change in arid Central Asia: Impacts, vulnerability, and adaptations

(2009) E. Lioubimtseva et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Simulation of regional temperature and precipitation in the past 50 years and the next 30 years over China

(2009) Yanxiang Liu et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

PERTURBATIONS ALTER COMMUNITY CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE, AND FORMATION OF MULTIPLE COMMUNITY STATES

(2008) Gregory R. Houseman et al.   ECOLOGY

Modelled effects of precipitation on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones

(2008) DIETER GERTEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Predominant role of water in regulating soil and microbial respiration and their responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland

(2008) WEIXING LIU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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