This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

Root-associated bacterial communities play a vital role in maintaining health of the plant
host. These communities exist in complex relationships, where composition and abundance …

Livestock grazing activities potentially alter ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles in
grassland ecosystems. Despite the fact that numerous individual studies and a few meta …

Amplification of the hydrological cycle as a consequence of global warming is forecast to
lead to more extreme intra-annual precipitation regimes characterized by larger rainfall …

Terrestrial ecosystems often vary dramatically in their responses to drought, but the reasons
for this are unclear. With climate change forecasts for more frequent and extensive drought …

Temperature is an important factor regulating microbial activity and shaping the soil
microbial community. Little is known, however, on how temperature affects the most …

Precipitation changes modify C, N, and P cycles, which regulate the functions and structure
of terrestrial ecosystems. Although altered precipitation affects above‐and belowground C …

Altered drying-rewetting patterns due to climate change may affect soil nitrogen (N) and
phosphorus (P) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. The responses of soil N and P cycling to …

The effects of global climate change will regionally be very different, mainly causing
considerable changes in temperature and water availability. For Central Europe, for …

This paper reviews our current knowledge and understanding of carbon processes in the
terrestrial ecosystem with a view to reducing soil carbon losses by optimising land-use and …