Despite decades of research on the species‐pool concept and the recent explosion of
interest in trait‐based frameworks in ecology and biogeography, surprisingly little is known …

Environmental variability can structure species coexistence by enhancing niche partitioning.
Modern coexistence theory highlights two fluctuation‐dependent temporal coexistence …

Global change–induced extreme droughts are increasing in grasslands worldwide, and
drought legacies may greatly affect the responses of grassland ecosystems to these …

The Northern California Wildfires of 8–9 October 2017: The Role of a Major Downslope
Wind Event in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 100 Issue 2 (2019) …

Approximately one third of California is grazed by livestock, with most forage produced on
annual rangelands, the common term for rangelands with a significant annual herbaceous …

Precipitation alteration and nitrogen (N) deposition caused by anthropogenic activities could
profoundly affect the structure and functioning of plant communities in arid ecosystems …

Understanding the factors governing ecological stability in variable environments is a central
focus of ecology. Functional diversity can stabilize ecosystem function over time if one group …

Smoke impacts from large wildfires are mounting, and the projection is for more such events
in the future as the one experienced October 2017 in Northern California, and subsequently …

Within ecosystems, intra‐annual precipitation patterns—the variability and timing of rainfall—
may be a stronger driver of net primary productivity than total annual precipitation. In …

Extreme climatic conditions are major drivers of ecosystem function and dynamics and their
frequency is increasing under climate change. Climatic conditions interact with local …