Drought timing influences the sensitivity of a semiarid grassland to drought

Five Decades of Observed Daily Precipitation Reveal Longer and More Variable Drought Events Across Much of the Western United States

(2021) Fangyue Zhang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Drought and heat wave impacts on grassland carbon cycling across hierarchical levels

(2020) Linfeng Li et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Prediction of Droughts in the Mongolian Plateau Based on the CMIP5 Model

(2020) Yongzhen Li et al.   Water

Ecological responses to heavy rainfall depend on seasonal timing and multi‐year recurrence

(2019) Linfeng Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Asymmetric responses of plant community structure and composition to precipitation variabilities in a semi-arid steppe

(2019) Mingxing Zhong et al.   OECOLOGIA

Drought sensitivity of aboveground productivity in Leymus chinensis meadow steppe depends on drought timing

(2019) Bo Meng et al.   OECOLOGIA

Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

(2019) William K. Smith et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Drought timing and local climate determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought

(2018) Loïc D'Orangeville et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought timing influences the legacy of tree growth recovery

(2018) Mengtian Huang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate variability decreases species richness and community stability in a temperate grassland

(2018) Yunhai Zhang et al.   OECOLOGIA

Drought legacies are dependent on water table depth, wood anatomy and drought timing across the eastern US

(2018) Steven A. Kannenberg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Asymmetric sensitivity of ecosystem carbon and water processes in response to precipitation change in a semi-arid steppe

(2017) Bingwei Zhang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Shifts of growing-season precipitation peaks decrease soil respiration in a semiarid grassland

(2017) Jingyi Ru et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments

(2017) Kevin R. Wilcox et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Land use in mountain grasslands alters drought response and recovery of carbon allocation and plant-microbial interactions

(2017) Stefan Karlowsky et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Assessing community and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change - toward a more comparative approach

(2017) Melinda D. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Nonlinear responses of land ecosystems to variation in precipitation

(2017) Yiqi Luo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Responses of greenhouse gas fluxes to climate extremes in a semiarid grassland

(2016) Linfeng Li et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Not all droughts are created equal: the impacts of interannual drought pattern and magnitude on grassland carbon cycling

(2016) David L. Hoover et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Terrestrial carbon balance in a drier world: the effects of water availability in southwestern North America

(2016) Joel A. Biederman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Timing of extreme drought modifies reproductive output in semi-natural grassland

(2016) Michaela Zeiter et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The effect of timing of growing season drought on flowering of a dominant C4 grass

(2016) John D. Dietrich et al.   OECOLOGIA

Drought timing differentially affects above- and belowground productivity in a mesic grassland

(2016) Elsie M. Denton et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Functional correlations between specific leaf area and specific root length along a regional environmental gradient in Inner Mongolia grasslands

(2015) Junhui Cheng et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

(2015) Dorothea Frank et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

(2015) A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE

The carbon balance pivot point of southwestern U.S. semiarid ecosystems: Insights from the 21st century drought

(2015) Russell L. Scott et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

A Drier Future?

(2014) S. Sherwood et al.   SCIENCE

Is frequency or amount of precipitation more important in controlling CO2 fluxes in the 30-year-old fenced and the moderately grazed temperate steppe?

(2013) Yanbin Hao et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Response of ecosystem carbon fluxes to drought events in a poplar plantation in Northern China

(2013) Jie Zhou et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

(2013) Markus Reichstein et al.   NATURE

The role of grasslands in food security and climate change

(2012) F. P. O'Mara   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Carbon and Nitrogen Decoupling Under an 11-Year Drought in the Shortgrass Steppe

(2012) Sarah E. Evans et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Summer heat and drought extremes trigger unexpected changes in productivity of a temperate annual/biannual plant community

(2012) Freja E. Dreesen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Spatial patterns and climate drivers of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of China

(2012) Gui-Rui Yu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of simulated drought and nitrogen fertilizer on plant productivity and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions of two pastures

(2012) Adrian A. Hartmann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Timing of climate variability and grassland productivity

(2012) J. M. Craine et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbon allocation in grassland communities under drought stress followed by 14C pulse labeling

(2012) Muhammad Sanaullah et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Characteristics and trends in various forms of the Palmer Drought Severity Index during 1900–2008

(2011) Aiguo Dai   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta-analysis of experimental manipulation

(2010) ZHUOTING WU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Whole-system responses of experimental plant communities to climate extremes imposed in different seasons

(2010) Hans J. De Boeck et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The sensitivity of temperate steppe CO2 exchange to the quantity and timing of natural interannual rainfall

(2009) Yanbin Hao et al.   Ecological Informatics

Dependence of carbon sequestration on the differential responses of ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration to rain pulses in a semiarid steppe

(2009) SHIPING CHEN 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