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

Increased precipitation has stronger effects on plant production of an alpine meadow than does experimental warming in the Northern Tibetan Plateau

(2018) Gang Fu et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Plant, microbial community and soil property responses to an experimental precipitation gradient in a desert grassland

(2018) Lihua Zhang et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

The more-individuals hypothesis revisited: the role of community abundance in species richness regulation and the productivity-diversity relationship

(2018) David Storch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Successional change in species composition alters climate sensitivity of grassland productivity

(2018) Zheng Shi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production

(2018) Huiying Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Under which climate and soil conditions the plant productivity–precipitation relationship is linear or nonlinear?

(2018) Jian-Sheng Ye et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plant community responses to increased precipitation and belowground litter addition: Evidence from a 5-year semiarid grassland experiment

(2018) Hongxia Chen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Semiarid ecosystem sensitivity to precipitation extremes: weak evidence for vegetation constraints

(2018) Andrew J. Felton et al.   ECOLOGY

Grassland species respond differently to altered precipitation amount and pattern

(2017) Bin Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Differentiating drought legacy effects on vegetation growth over the temperate Northern Hemisphere

(2017) Xiuchen Wu 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

Enduring a decade of drought: Patterns and drivers of vegetation change in a semi-arid grassland

(2017) Gitanjali S. Bodner et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Nitrogen fertilization, not water addition, alters plant phylogenetic community structure in a semi-arid steppe

(2017) Xian Yang 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

Nonlinear responses of soil respiration to precipitation changes in a semiarid temperate steppe

(2017) Yuan Miao et al.   Scientific Reports

Net primary productivity and its partitioning in response to precipitation gradient in an alpine meadow

(2017) Fangyue Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Ecological effects of extreme drought on Californian herbaceous plant communities

(2016) Stella M. Copeland et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation-productivity relationships: implications for climate change

(2016) Alan K. Knapp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil microbial community composition and respiration along an experimental precipitation gradient in a semiarid steppe

(2016) Cancan Zhao et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhanced precipitation variability decreases grass- and increases shrub-productivity

(2015) Laureano A. Gherardi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of drought stress on water relations and carbon assimilation in grassland species at different altitudes

(2014) Christine Bollig et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Contrasting above- and belowground sensitivity of three Great Plains grasslands to altered rainfall regimes

(2014) Kevin R. Wilcox et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Diversity-dependent stability under mowing and nutrient addition: evidence from a 7-year grassland experiment

(2012) Haijun Yang et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sensitivity of mean annual primary production to precipitation

(2012) Joanna S. Hsu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of experimental rainfall manipulations on Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities

(2012) Selene Báez et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of Water and Nitrogen Addition on Species Turnover in Temperate Grasslands in Northern China

(2012) Zhuwen Xu et al.   PLoS One

Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits

(2011) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Carry over from previous year environmental conditions alters dominance hierarchy in a prairie plant community

(2011) Rebecca A. Sherry et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Mechanistic causes of tree drought mortality: recent results, unresolved questions and future research needs

(2011) Melanie J. B. Zeppel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Above- and belowground responses to nitrogen addition in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

(2011) Laura M. Ladwig et al.   OECOLOGIA

Community structure and composition in response to climate change in a temperate steppe

(2010) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Aboveground production and species richness of annuals in Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland plant communities

(2009) Y. Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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(2009) Susan Solomon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2008) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND RAIN USE EFFICIENCY ACROSS A PRECIPITATION GRADIENT ON THE MONGOLIA PLATEAU

(2008) Yongfei Bai et al.   ECOLOGY

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