Climate-driven ecological thresholds in China's drylands modulated by grazing
Degradation of ecosystems can occur when certain ecological thresholds are passed below
which ecosystem responses remain within 'safe ecological limits'. Ecosystems such as …
which ecosystem responses remain within 'safe ecological limits'. Ecosystems such as …
Supervised machine learning for theory building and testing: Opportunities in operations management
Abstract Machine learning's (ML's) unique power to approximate functions and identify non‐
obvious regularities in data have attracted considerable attention from researchers in natural …
obvious regularities in data have attracted considerable attention from researchers in natural …
Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide
M Delgado-Baquerizo, P García-Palacios… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Urban greenspaces support multiple nature-based services, many of which depend on the
amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to …
amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to …
Effects of drought and recovery on soil volatile organic compound fluxes in an experimental rainforest
Drought can affect the capacity of soils to emit and consume biogenic volatile organic
compounds (VOCs). Here we show the impact of prolonged drought followed by rewetting …
compounds (VOCs). Here we show the impact of prolonged drought followed by rewetting …
Drought intensity alters productivity, carbon allocation and plant nitrogen uptake in fast versus slow grassland communities
Grasslands face more frequent and extreme droughts; yet, their responses to increasing
drought intensity are poorly understood. Increasing drought intensity likely triggers abrupt …
drought intensity are poorly understood. Increasing drought intensity likely triggers abrupt …
Desertification vulnerability under accelerated dryland expansion
C Sun, X Feng, B Fu, S Ma - Land Degradation & Development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Given accelerated dryland expansion, studies on aridity‐driven desertification are of great
importance for advancing our understanding of land degradation mechanisms and …
importance for advancing our understanding of land degradation mechanisms and …
Nitrogen addition delays the emergence of an aridity-induced threshold for plant biomass
Crossing certain aridity thresholds in global drylands can lead to abrupt decays of
ecosystem attributes such as plant productivity, potentially causing land degradation and …
ecosystem attributes such as plant productivity, potentially causing land degradation and …
Environment‐specific selection alters flowering‐time plasticity and results in pervasive pleiotropic responses in maize
NE Choquette, JB Holland, T Weldekidan… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Crop genetic diversity for climate adaptations is globally partitioned. We performed
experimental evolution in maize to understand the response to selection and how plant …
experimental evolution in maize to understand the response to selection and how plant …
Wherever I may roam—Human activity alters movements of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and elk (Cervus canadensis) across two continents
Human activity and associated landscape modifications alter the movements of animals with
consequences for populations and ecosystems worldwide. Species performing long …
consequences for populations and ecosystems worldwide. Species performing long …
Functional thresholds alter the relationship of plant resistance and recovery to drought
The ecological consequences of future droughts are difficult to predict due to a limited
understanding of the nonlinear responses of plants to increasing drought intensity, which …
understanding of the nonlinear responses of plants to increasing drought intensity, which …