Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Seasonal patterns of water availability can differ dramatically among ecosystems, with well‐
known consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning. Less appreciated is that …

The widespread extirpation of megafauna may have destabilized ecosystems and altered
biodiversity globally. Most megafauna extinctions occurred before the modern record …

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 …

We review results from field experiments that simulate drought, an ecologically impactful
global change threat that is predicted to increase in magnitude, extent, duration and …

Extreme drought decreases aboveground net primary production (ANPP) in most
grasslands, but the magnitude of ANPP reductions varies especially in C3‐dominated …

Climate and land‐use change are key drivers of global change. Full‐factorial field
experiments in which both drivers are manipulated are essential to understand and predict …

Redistribution of precipitation across seasons is a widespread phenomenon affecting
dryland ecosystems globally. However, the impacts of shifting seasonal precipitation …