Abrupt shifts in phenology and vegetation productivity under climate extremes

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Evaporation of perennial semi-arid woodland in southeastern Australia is adapted for irregular but common dry periods

(2015) W. S. Meyer et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

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

(2015) Alan K. Knapp et al.   OECOLOGIA

Empirical evidence of El Niño–Southern Oscillation influence on land surface phenology and productivity in the western United States

(2015) Matthew P. Dannenberg et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

(2015) A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE

Functional response of U.S. grasslands to the early 21st-century drought

(2014) M. Susan Moran et al.   ECOLOGY

A few extreme events dominate global interannual variability in gross primary production

(2014) Jakob Zscheischler et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Baseline map of organic carbon in Australian soil to support national carbon accounting and monitoring under climate change

(2014) Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology

(2014) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   Nature Climate Change

GRACE satellite observed hydrological controls on interannual and seasonal variability in surface greenness over mainland Australia

(2014) Yuting Yang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Recent trends in Inner Asian forest dynamics to temperature and precipitation indicate high sensitivity to climate change

(2013) Benjamin Poulter et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Global patterns of NDVI-indicated vegetation extremes and their sensitivity to climate extremes

(2013) Guo Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Drought footprint on European ecosystems between 1999 and 2010 assessed by remotely sensed vegetation phenology and productivity

(2013) Eva Ivits et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions

(2013) Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos et al.   NATURE

Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

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Spatial patterns and temporal dynamics in savanna vegetation phenology across the North Australian Tropical Transect

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The Millennium Drought in southeast Australia (2001-2009): Natural and human causes and implications for water resources, ecosystems, economy, and society

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Global change-type drought-induced tree mortality: vapor pressure deficit is more important than temperature per se in causing decline in tree health

(2013) Derek Eamus et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Southeast Australia Autumn Rainfall Reduction: A Climate-Change-Induced Poleward Shift of Ocean–Atmosphere Circulation

(2012) Wenju Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Response of vegetation to drought time-scales across global land biomes

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Rainfall reductions over Southern Hemisphere semi-arid regions: the role of subtropical dry zone expansion

(2012) Wenju Cai et al.   Scientific Reports

Extreme precipitation patterns and reductions of terrestrial ecosystem production across biomes

(2012) Yongguang Zhang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Terrestrial biosphere models need better representation of vegetation phenology: results from the North American Carbon Program Site Synthesis

(2011) Andrew D. Richardson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Floristic uniformity across abrupt boundaries between Triodia hummock grassland and Acacia shrubland on an Australian desert sandplain

(2011) A.M.M. Nicholas et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Indian and Pacific Ocean Influences on Southeast Australian Drought and Soil Moisture

(2010) Caroline C. Ummenhofer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

(2010) C. Beer et al.   SCIENCE

Climate-related trends in Australian vegetation cover as inferred from satellite observations, 1981-2006

(2009) RANDALL J. DONOHUE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

(2009) Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Potential to improve on-farm wheat yield and WUE in Australia

(2009) Z. Hochman et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Beyond gradual warming: extreme weather events alter flower phenology of European grassland and heath species

(2008) ANKE JENTSCH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought-induced tree death in savanna

(2008) R. J. FENSHAM et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A review of recent climate variability and climate change in southeastern Australia

(2007) Bradley F. Murphy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY