Increased sensitivity of global vegetation productivity to drought over the recent three decades

X Wei, W He, Y Zhou, N Cheng, J Xiao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intensified droughts have been weakening global vegetation productivity, yet how the
sensitivity of vegetation productivity to drought changes over time is not well known. Here …

Warming and land use change concurrently erode ecosystem services in Tibet

KA Hopping, AK Knapp, T Dorji… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alpine meadows on the Tibetan Plateau comprise the largest alpine ecosystem in the world
and provide critical ecosystem services, including forage production and carbon …

Global flash drought monitoring using surface soil moisture

V Sehgal, N Gaur, BP Mohanty - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abrupt onset and swift intensification characterize flash droughts. Global surface soil
moisture (θRS) from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite can facilitate a …

Drought limits vegetation carbon sequestration by affecting photosynthetic capacity of semi-arid ecosystems on the Loess Plateau

D Li, X Li, Z Li, Y Fu, J Zhang, Y Zhao, Y Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drought is the driver for ecosystem production in semi-arid areas. However, the response
mechanism of ecosystem productivity to drought remains largely unknown. In particular, it is …

Diverging growth trends and climate sensitivities of individual pine trees after the 1976 extreme drought

EM Del Castillo, MCA Torbenson, F Reinig… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Summer droughts are affecting the productivity and functioning of central European forests,
with potentially lasting consequences for species composition and carbon sequestration …

Drought Impact on Eco-Physiological Responses and Growth Performance of Healthy and Declining Pinus sylvestris L. Trees Growing in a Dry Area of Southern …

B Benisiewicz, S Pawełczyk, F Niccoli, JP Kabala… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, several drought events hit Poland, affecting its forests. In Opole, Poland, tons
of Pinus sylvestris L. deadwood is removed every year due to drought. Understanding the …

Declining tradeoff between resistance and resilience of ecosystems to drought

Y Yao, Y Liu, J Song, S Tao, Y Li, T Wu, Y Wang… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Resistance and resilience are widely used to characterize ecosystem drought stability.
Tradeoff between resistance and resilience have been reported, but its long‐term trends …

Near‐Term Forecasting of Terrestrial Mobile Species Distributions for Adaptive Management Under Extreme Weather Events

R Dobson, SG Willis, S Jennings… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Across the globe, mobile species are key components of ecosystems. Migratory birds and
nomadic antelope can have considerable conservation, economic or societal value, while …

Concurrent trend turnings of drought severity across Afro-Eurasian continent since 1950

W Lou, C Sun, B Zuo - Global and Planetary Change, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapidly intensifying global land drought poses severe threats to human societies,
economies, and ecosystems. While previous studies have primarily investigated long-term …

The monsoon's influence on Central Asia's subsequent periods of drought and flooding

V Nzabarinda, A Bao, L Tie, FU Ochege… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Central Asia and its southern neighbors are being ravaged by more frequent and intense
droughts and floods. While research on droughts is abundant, their interaction with floods …