Altered precipitation patterns resulting from climate change will have particularly significant
consequences in water‐limited ecosystems, such as arid to semi‐arid ecosystems, where …

Abstract Background In the Mediterranean climate, plants have evolved under conditions of
low soil-water and nutrient availabilities and have acquired a series of adaptive traits that, in …

Roots promote the formation of slow‐cycling soil carbon (C), yet we have a limited
understanding of the magnitude and controls on this flux. We hypothesised arbuscular …

Climate change exposes ecosystems to strong and rapid changes in their environmental
boundary conditions mainly due to the altered temperature and precipitation patterns. It is …

Global warming intensifies the hydrological cycle, which results in changes in precipitation
regime (frequency and amount), and will likely have significant impacts on soil respiration (R …

As a key component of the carbon cycle, soil CO 2 efflux (SCE) is being increasingly studied
to improve our mechanistic understanding of this important carbon flux. Predicting …

In recent decades, researchers have increasingly focused attention on how climatic change
will affect ecosystem functioning. Much of this research has centred on the effects of rising …

Background and aims Soil organic carbon (SOC) accrual is central to the discussion on
active atmospheric CO 2 removal strategies, but it requires a clear understanding of the …

This study details the physiological responses of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) to manipulated
water inputs. Treatments named as dry, ambient and wet, which received 80, 100 and 120 …

Summer droughts strongly affect soil organic carbon (SOC) cycling, but net effects on SOC
storage are unclear as drought affects both C inputs and outputs from soils. Here, we …