Rapid recovery of ecosystem function following extreme drought in a South African savanna-grassland.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2983
Abstract: Climatic extremes, such as severe drought, are expected to increase in frequency and magnitude with climate change. Thus, identifying mechanisms of resilience is critical to predicting the vulnerability of ecosystems. An exceptional drought ( read more here.
Keywords: function; savanna grassland; anpp; extreme drought ... See more keywords
Extreme drought disrupts plant phenology: Insights from 35 years of cloud forest data in Venezuela.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4012
Abstract: Potential effects of climate change on plant reproductive phenology include asynchronies with pollinators, and reductions in plant fitness, leading to extinction and loss of ecosystem function. In particular plant phenology is sensitive to extreme weather… read more here.
Keywords: plant phenology; phenology; drought disrupts; cloud forest ... See more keywords
Impact of fires on an open bamboo forest in years of extreme drought in southwestern Amazonia
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-020-01707-5
Abstract: In Brazil’s state of Acre, in southwestern Amazonia, wildfires mediated by extreme droughts in 2005 and 2010 affected more than 500,000 ha of forest, causing changes in their structure, species diversity, and aboveground biomass (AGB),… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; 2005 2010; bamboo; bamboo forest ... See more keywords
Extreme drought events can promote homogenization of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a floodplain pond in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3756-z
Abstract: Extreme weathers tend to become frequent following global warming and may promote important changes in species composition. We used benthic macroinvertebrates to test the hypothesis that extreme drought events could lead to local biotic homogenization… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; drought events; homogenization; hydrological cycle ... See more keywords
Projected Changes of Future Extreme Drought Events under Numerous Drought Indices in the Heilongjiang Province of China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1716-4
Abstract: Effective drought prediction methods are essential for the mitigation of adverse effects of severe drought events. This study utilizes the Reconnaissance Drought Index, Standardized Precipitation Index and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index to assess the occurrence… read more here.
Keywords: drought indices; extreme drought; drought events; heilongjiang province ... See more keywords
Spatio-temporal variations in extreme drought in China during 1961–2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s11442-019-1584-3
Abstract: Understanding the past variations in extreme drought is especially beneficial to the improvement of drought resistance planning and drought risk management in China. Based on the monitoring data of meteorological stations from 1961 to 2015… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; drought; spatio temporal; china ... See more keywords
Exceptionally extreme drought in Madeira Archipelago in 2012: Vegetation impacts and driving conditions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.08.010
Abstract: Abstract This work aims at characterizing the exceptional drought that affected Madeira Archipelago (Portugal) during the 2011–2012 hydrological year while including some major impacts but also the main atmospheric circulation mechanism behind the event. Precipitation… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; index; drought; vegetation ... See more keywords
Long-term study on the seasonal water uptake of Platycladus orientalis in the Beijing mountain area, northern China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108531
Abstract: Abstract Understanding how extreme drought and precipitation influence the water uptake patterns of vegetation is essential to assessing the responses of vegetation to climate change and evaluating regional water security. We introduced stable hydrogen and… read more here.
Keywords: water uptake; extreme drought; water; platycladus orientalis ... See more keywords
Soil nutrients and lowered source:sink ratio mitigate effects of mild but not of extreme drought in trees
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103905
Abstract: Abstract Little is known about environmental factors that mitigate or intensify drought effects on tree functioning. We hypothesized that higher nutrient availability and manipulations of the source:sink ratio can partially compensate negative drought effects when… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; sink ratio; source sink; drought ... See more keywords
Reforesting drylands under novel climates with extreme drought filters: The importance of trait-based species selection
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118156
Abstract: Abstract Having regard to the substantial world-scale forest restoration needs, the efforts must be done efficiently, which necessarily forces to consider the adaptation of new forests to the extremes arising from climate change. In this… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; novel climates; reforesting drylands; species selection ... See more keywords
Understorey changes after an extreme drought event are modulated by overstorey tree species mixtures in thermophilous deciduous forests
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118931
Abstract: Abstract Understorey vegetation is a key component of plant biodiversity in forests. Events of extreme drought are a potential major driver of change of this layer. Although these are predicted to increase in frequency and… read more here.
Keywords: extreme drought; thermophilous deciduous; species mixtures; deciduous forests ... See more keywords