Integrating plant ecological responses to climate extremes from individual to ecosystem levels

Climate change, climatic variation and extreme biological responses

(2017) Georgina Palmer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Learning from single extreme events

(2017) Res Altwegg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Behavioural, ecological and evolutionary responses to extreme climatic events: challenges and directions

(2017) Martijn van de Pol et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review

(2017) Caroline C. Ummenhofer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Drought manipulation and its direct and legacy effects on productivity of a monodominant and mixed-species semi-arid grassland

(2016) Tulio Arredondo et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Predicting when climate-driven phenotypic change affects population dynamics

(2016) Nina McLean et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

When a Tree Dies in the Forest: Scaling Climate-Driven Tree Mortality to Ecosystem Water and Carbon Fluxes

(2016) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

Reductions in native grass biomass associated with drought facilitates the invasion of an exotic grass into a model grassland system

(2016) Anthony Manea et al.   OECOLOGIA

Climatic events inducing die-off in Mediterranean shrublands: are species’ responses related to their functional traits?

(2016) Francisco Lloret et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant species richness and functional traits affect community stability after a flood event

(2016) Felícia M. Fischer et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reintroducing Environmental Change Drivers in Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Research

(2016) Frederik De Laender et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Recovery dynamics and invasibility of herbaceous plant communities after exposure to experimental climate extremes

(2015) Freja E. Dreesen et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant Species Diversity Mediates Ecosystem Stability of Natural Dune Grasslands in Response to Drought

(2015) Nils M. van Rooijen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Shifts in the elemental composition of plants during a very severe drought

(2015) Ifigenia Urbina et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Drought tolerance as predicted by leaf water potential at turgor loss point varies strongly across species within an Amazonian forest

(2015) Isabelle Maréchaux et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting impacts of continuous moderate drought and episodic severe droughts on the aboveground-biomass increment and litterfall of three coexisting Mediterranean woody species

(2015) Daijun Liu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant responses to climatic extremes: within-species variation equals among-species variation

(2015) Andrey V. Malyshev et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tackling extremes: challenges for ecological and evolutionary research on extreme climatic events

(2015) Liam D. Bailey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Invasibility of a mesic grassland depends on the time-scale of fluctuating resources

(2015) Sally E. Koerner et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant community composition is a crucial factor for heath performance under precipitation extremes

(2015) Ellen Gellesch et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Simulated heat waves affected alpine grassland only in combination with drought

(2015) Hans J. De Boeck et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Pulse-drought atop press-drought: unexpected plant responses and implications for dryland ecosystems

(2015) David L. Hoover et al.   OECOLOGIA

Differential sensitivity to regional-scale drought in six central US grasslands

(2015) Alan K. Knapp et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interactive effects of environmental filtering predict beta-diversity patterns in a subtropical forest metacommunity

(2015) Anita Stival dos Santos et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems

(2015) György Kröel-Dulay et al.   Nature Communications

Synergy of extreme drought and shrub invasion reduce ecosystem functioning and resilience in water-limited climates

(2015) Maria C. Caldeira et al.   Scientific Reports

Response of a mixed grass prairie to an extreme precipitation event

(2015) Amy L. Concilio et al.   Ecosphere

Effects of extreme temperature on seedling establishment of nonnative invasive plants

(2014) Qian-Qian Hou et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Extreme weather events and plant–plant interactions: shifts between competition and facilitation among grassland species in the face of drought and heavy rainfall

(2014) Kerstin Grant et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Resistance and resilience of a grassland ecosystem to climate extremes

(2014) David L. Hoover et al.   ECOLOGY

Larger investment in roots in southern range-edge populations of Scots pine is associated with increased growth and seedling resistance to extreme drought in response to simulated climate change

(2014) Luis Matías et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plant community response to drought-induced canopy defoliation in a Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest

(2014) S. Saura-Mas et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Quantifying the impact of an extreme climate event on species diversity in fragmented temperate forests: the effect of the October 1987 storm on British broadleaved woodlands

(2014) Simon M. Smart et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Impacts of climate change drivers on C4 grassland productivity: scaling driver effects through the plant community

(2014) H. W. Polley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Climatic extremes lead to species-specific legume facilitation in an experimental temperate grassland

(2014) Mohammed Abu Sayed Arfin Khan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Contrasting sensitivities of two dominant C4 grasses to heat waves and drought

(2014) D. L. Hoover et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Exposure of trees to drought-induced die-off is defined by a common climatic threshold across different vegetation types

(2014) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Mechanisms of selection: Phenotypic differences among genotypes explain patterns of selection in a dominant species

(2013) Meghan L. Avolio et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant growth and mortality under climatic extremes: An overview

(2013) Shuli Niu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mixed stands reduce Abies alba tree-ring sensitivity to summer drought in the Vosges mountains, western Europe

(2013) F. Lebourgeois et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Extreme drought alters competitive dominance within and between tree species in a mixed forest stand

(2013) Liam Cavin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Dampening effects of long-term experimental drought on growth and mortality rates of a Holm oak forest

(2013) Adrià Barbeta et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2013) Pierre Mariotte et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intraspecific trait variability mediates the response of subalpine grassland communities to extreme drought events

(2013) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Two alternatives to the stress-gradient hypothesis at the edge of life: the collapse of facilitation and the switch from facilitation to competition

(2013) Richard Michalet et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Plant Functional Group Composition Modifies the Effects of Precipitation Change on Grassland Ecosystem Function

(2013) Ellen L. Fry et al.   PLoS One

Soil biotic legacy effects of extreme weather events influence plant invasiveness

(2013) A. Meisner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drought-induced mortality affects understory vegetation: release after death

(2012) M. L. Suarez et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Uniform drought and warming responses in Pinus nigra provenances despite specific overall performances

(2012) Daniel Thiel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?

(2012) Jeffrey M Diez et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability

(2012) Christopher P.O. Reyer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant competition and facilitation after extreme drought episodes in Mediterranean shrubland: does damage to vegetation cover trigger replacement by juniper woodland?

(2012) Francisco Lloret et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: theory and data synthesis

(2012) O. E. Sala et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The invasion of plant communities following extreme weather events under ambient and elevated temperature

(2012) Christine S. Sheppard et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

(2012) Joseph M. Craine et al.   Nature Climate Change

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Drought-induced forest decline: causes, scope and implications

(2011) J. Martinez-Vilalta et al.   Biology Letters

Stochastic trajectories of succession initiated by extreme climatic events

(2011) J. Kreyling et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Extreme climatic events change the dynamics and invasibility of semi-arid annual plant communities

(2011) Milagros A. Jiménez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of multiple extreme winter warming events on sub-Arctic heathland: phenology, reproduction, growth, and CO2 flux responses

(2011) S. BOKHORST et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Extreme climatic events and vegetation: the role of stabilizing processes

(2011) Francisco Lloret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A climatically extreme year has large impacts on C4 species in tallgrass prairie ecosystems but only minor effects on species richness and other plant functional groups

(2011) John A. Arnone et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecotypes of European grass species respond differently to warming and extreme drought

(2011) Carl Beierkuhnlein et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Extreme climatic event-triggered overstorey vegetation loss increases understorey solar input regionally: primary and secondary ecological implications

(2011) Patrick D. Royer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Defining the limit to resistance in a drought-tolerant grassland: long-term severe drought significantly reduces the dominant species and increases ruderals

(2011) Sarah E. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate extremes initiate ecosystem-regulating functions while maintaining productivity

(2011) Anke Jentsch et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Stability of above-ground and below-ground processes to extreme drought in model grassland ecosystems: Interactions with plant species diversity and soil nitrogen availability

(2011) Juliette M.G. Bloor et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Montane meadow change during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group

(2010) Diane M. Debinski et al.   ECOLOGY

Scaling up phenotypic plasticity with hierarchical population models

(2010) Eelke Jongejans et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Differential effects of climate variability on forest dynamics along a precipitation gradient in northern Patagonia

(2010) María Laura Suarez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Drought-induced mortality of a foundation species (Juniperus monosperma) promotes positive afterlife effects in understory vegetation

(2010) J. M. Kane et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Conceptual Synthesis in Community Ecology

(2010) Mark Vellend   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Melinda D. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity enhances community recovery, but not resistance, after drought

(2009) Jasper Van Ruijven et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The role of biotic interactions in altering tree seedling responses to an extreme climatic event

(2009) Patrick Saccone et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

PHENOLOGY OF MIXED WOODY–HERBACEOUS ECOSYSTEMS FOLLOWING EXTREME EVENTS: NET AND DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES

(2008) Paul M. Rich et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Plant Productivity and Tissue Die-Back are Modified by Community Composition

(2008) Juergen Kreyling et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

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

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

Invasibility of grassland and heath communities exposed to extreme weather events - additive effects of diversity resistance and fluctuating physical environment

(2008) Juergen Kreyling et al.   OIKOS