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ArticleOecologia2021

Hotter and drier climate made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa region a shrubbier landscape.

Wei Fang, Chuixiang Yi, Deliang Chen, Peipei Xu, George Hendrey, Nir Krakauer, Katherine Jensen, Shan Gao, Zihan Lin, Gabriella Lam and 2 more

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Article in Oecologia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Wei FangDepartment of Biology, Pace University, New York, NY, 10038, USA.
Chuixiang YiSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA. chuixiang.yi@qc.cuny.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-6157
Deliang ChenDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Peipei XuSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA.
George HendreySchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA.
Nir KrakauerThe Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Katherine JensenThe Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Shan GaoSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA.
Zihan LinCenter for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48823, USA.
Gabriella LamDepartment of Biology, Pace University, New York, NY, 10038, USA.
Qin ZhangSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA.
Tao ZhouFaculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.

Funding

National Science Foundation 81620108010Research Foundation of The City University of New York CIRG-80209Research Foundation of The City University of New York ENHC-48-33
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A shift to higher temperatures has left the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa (MENA) region more vulnerable to drought and land degradation. We used MODIS LAI (leaf area index) and GPP (gross primary production) deficits, the differences between actual and historical-maximum values, to describe vegetation structural and functional changes and consequential landcover change in response to changing climate conditions during 2001-2019 in the area (20° W-45° E, 20° N-45° N). We found that 1) the vegetation responses varied significantly among eight landcover types with the decreasing importance: forests, savannas, a mosaic of cropland and natural vegetation (CNV), croplands, permanent wetlands, urban land, grasslands, and shrublands, each with distinctive yet overlapping signatures over the ranges of the climate conditions considered. 2) Forests, occupying the coolest and wettest niche, showed the strongest response to severe drought with a lag of 1-3 years and a legacy effect for 10 years. Shrubs, occupying the hottest and driest niche, were the most resilient under a hotter and drier climate. 3) The total areas of savannas and CNV increased by 394,994 and 404,592 km

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Climate ChangeForestsClimateDroughtsMediterranean RegionClimate driversGPP deficitLAI deficitLandcover transitionLegacy effect

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PMID34647165

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