Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures

MJ Osland, PW Stevens, MM Lamont… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tropicalization is a term used to describe the transformation of temperate ecosystems by
poleward‐moving tropical organisms in response to warming temperatures. In North …

Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone

IC Feller, U Berger, SK Chapman, EM Dangremond… - Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Low temperature stress is the primary factor determining the latitudinal limits of tropical
plants. As the climate warms, tropical species are migrating poleward, displacing native …

Restoring historical grasslands in a desert national park: Resilience or unrecoverable states in an emerging climate?

LP Chiquoine, SR Abella, CD Schelz, MF Medrano… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecosystems that supported multiple biological communities during the Holocene and that
form alternative stable states pose challenges for identifying appropriate and feasible target …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-temporal and time-lag responses of terrestrial net ecosystem productivity to extreme climate from 1981 to 2019 in China

Y Huang, X Xu, T Zhang, H Jiang, H Xia, X Xu, J Xu - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The escalating frequency and severity of extreme climate greatly impact the carbon
dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. To understand the multi-temporal response of …

Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

LM Ladwig, LP Bell-Dereske, KC Bell, SL Collins… - Fungal Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Woody species encroachment of grasslands globally causes many socioecological impacts,
including loss of grazing pastures and decreased biodiversity. Soil microbial communities …

Plant phenology predicts the stability of primary production in three ecosystems of the northern Chihuahuan Desert

AJ Hallmark, SL Collins, ME Litvak… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The temporal stability of plant productivity affects species' access to resources, exposure to
stressors and strength of interactions with other species in the community, including support …

[PDF][PDF] The role of frost tolerance in defining the kauri line floristic boundary

TAW Elliott, BR Burns, GLW Perry… - … Zealand Journal of …, 2024 - newzealandecology.org
Floristic boundaries, where the range limits of multiple species coincide, are frequently
recognised ecological phenomena for which underlying mechanisms are often unclear …

Insights into the Relationships between Morphological Traits of Larrea divaricata and Climate Variables in Southern South America

B Vento, J Rivera, M Ontivero… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. How vegetation adapts to environmental changes is one of the most
important questions in plant science. Temperature and precipitation are considered the main …

Watching plants' dance: Movements of live and dead branches linked to atmospheric water demand

AJ Hallmark, GE Maurer, RE Pangle, ME Litvak - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diurnal branch movements in woody plants have only recently been described in detail.
While previously only vegetative and reproductive structures have been known to move on …

Fall acclimation and spring deacclimation of root cold tolerance for two perennial asters1

ER Nettesheim, LM Ladwig, EI Damschen - The Journal of the Torrey …, 2021 - BioOne
Snow is an important temperature insulator for overwintering plants, and as the depth and
duration of snowpack decreases with warmer weather and the frequency of extreme climate …