Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of droughts. These
events, which can cause significant perturbations of terrestrial ecosystems and potentially …

Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the …

Large-scale ecological restoration (ER) has been successful in curbing land degradation
and improving ecosystem services. Previous studies have shown that ER changes …

Drylands cover 41% of Earth's surface and are the largest source of interannual variability in
the global carbon sink. Drylands are projected to experience accelerated expansion over …

Plant traits can provide unique insights into plant performance at the community scale.
Functional composition, defined by both functional diversity and community‐weighted trait …

Drought is intensifying globally with climate change, creating an urgency to understand
ecosystem response to drought both during and after these events end to limit loss of …

Drought, defined as a marked deficiency of precipitation relative to normal, occurs as
periods of below-average precipitation or complete failure of precipitation inputs, and can be …

In terrestrial ecosystems, climate change forecasts of increased frequencies and magnitudes
of wet and dry precipitation anomalies are expected to shift precipitation–net primary …

In many regions of the world, climate change is projected to reduce water availability
through changes in the hydrological cycle, including more frequent and intense droughts, as …

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