Effects of seasonal variability of climatic factors on vegetation coverage across drylands in northern China

Yield Response of Mediterranean Rangelands under a Changing Climate

(2017) Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Global patterns of drought recovery

(2017) Christopher R. Schwalm et al.   NATURE

Satellites reveal contrasting responses of regional climate to the widespread greening of Earth

(2017) Giovanni Forzieri et al.   SCIENCE

Trend shifts in satellite-derived vegetation growth in Central Eurasia, 1982–2013

(2017) Hao-jie Xu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Climate change reduces extent of temperate drylands and intensifies drought in deep soils

(2017) Daniel R. Schlaepfer et al.   Nature Communications

Quantifying influences of physiographic factors on temperate dryland vegetation, Northwest China

(2017) Ziqiang Du et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon and water exchange over a temperate semi-arid shrubland during three years of contrasting precipitation and soil moisture patterns

(2016) Xin Jia et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Structure and Functioning of Dryland Ecosystems in a Changing World

(2016) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Landscape spatial patterns in the Maowusu (Mu Us) Sandy Land, northern China and their impact factors

(2016) Peng Liang et al.   CATENA

Dynamics and responses of vegetation to climatic variations in Ziya-Daqing basins, China

(2016) Farong Huang et al.   Chinese Geographical Science

Recent trends in vegetation greenness in China significantly altered annual evapotranspiration and water yield

(2016) Yibo Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability

(2016) Alistair W. R. Seddon et al.   NATURE

Global environmental drivers of influenza

(2016) Ethan R. Deyle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Topographical and hydrological effects on meso-scale vegetation in desert steppe, Mongolia

(2016) Batdelger Gantsetseg et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Climatic change controls productivity variation in global grasslands

(2016) Qingzhu Gao et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhanced interannual precipitation variability increases plant functional diversity that in turn ameliorates negative impact on productivity

(2015) Laureano A. Gherardi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Detection and attribution of vegetation greening trend in China over the last 30 years

(2015) Shilong Piao et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Simulated heat waves affected alpine grassland only in combination with drought

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

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

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

(2015) Jianping Huang et al.   Nature Climate Change

Distinguishing time-delayed causal interactions using convergent cross mapping

(2015) Hao Ye et al.   Scientific Reports

Convergence of terrestrial plant production across global climate gradients

(2014) Sean T. Michaletz et al.   NATURE

Anticipating changes in variability of grassland production due to increases in interannual precipitation variability

(2014) Joanna S. Hsu et al.   Ecosphere

Mongolian pines (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) in the Hulun Buir steppe, China, respond to climate in adjustment to the local water supply

(2013) Guang Bao   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Remote sensing of seasonal variability of fractional vegetation cover and its object-based spatial pattern analysis over mountain areas

(2013) Guijun Yang et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Temperature and vegetation seasonality diminishment over northern lands

(2013) L. Xu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Sensitivity of mean annual primary production to precipitation

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

Studying interactions between climate variability and vegetation dynamic using a phenology based approach

(2012) S. Horion et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Seasonal, not annual precipitation drives community productivity across ecosystems

(2012) Todd M. P. Robinson et al.   OIKOS

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

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

Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

(2012) G. Sugihara et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change impacts on glaciers and runoff in Tien Shan (Central Asia)

(2012) Annina Sorg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of changes in climate variability on regional vegetation in China: NDVI-based analysis from 1982 to 2000

(2011) Meng Meng et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Responses of grassland vegetation to climatic variations on different temporal scales in Hulun Buir Grassland in the past 30 years

(2011) Geli Zhang et al.   Journal of Geographical Sciences

Climate change alters interannual variation of grassland aboveground productivity: evidence from a 22-year measurement series in the Inner Mongolian grassland

(2010) Wenhong Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China

(2010) Shilong Piao et al.   NATURE

Use of NDVI and Land Surface Temperature for Drought Assessment: Merits and Limitations

(2009) Arnon Karnieli et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE