The classic ecological paradigm for deserts, that all processes are controlled by water
availability, has limited our imagination for exploring other controls on the cycling of carbon …

Solar UV radiation, climate and other drivers of global change are undergoing significant
changes and models forecast that these changes will continue for the remainder of this …

With ongoing climate change, the probability of crossing environmental thresholds
promoting abrupt changes in ecosystem structure and functioning is higher than ever. In …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

Litter decomposition contributes to one of the largest fluxes of carbon (C) in the terrestrial
biosphere and is a primary control on nutrient cycling. The inability of models using climate …

Differences in litter decomposition patterns among mesic, semiarid, and arid grassland
ecosystems cannot be accurately explained by variation in temperature, moisture, and litter …

Aim The global spread of woody plants into grasslands is predicted to increase over the
coming century. While there is general agreement regarding the anthropogenic causes of …

Since European settlement, there has been a dramatic increase in the density, cover and
distribution of woody plants in former grassland and open woodland. There is a widespread …

Recent trends of increasing woody vegetation in arid and semiarid ecosystems may
contribute substantially to the North American C sink. There is considerable uncertainty …

We investigated the potential for abiotic mineralization to carbon dioxide (CO2) via
photodegradation to account for carbon (C) loss from plant litter under conditions typical of …