ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024
Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally.
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- Biological traits and biome features mediate responses of terrestrial bird demography to droughts.The Journal of animal ecology · 2024Pooled it
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Melinda D Smith *Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.ORCID 0000-0003-4920-6985
Kate D Wilkins *Denver Zoo, Denver, CO 80205.
Martin C HoldregeDepartment of Wildland Resource and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.ORCID 0000-0003-4078-6012
Peter WilfahrtDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108.
Scott L CollinsDepartment of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.ORCID 0000-0002-0193-2892
Alan K KnappDepartment of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Osvaldo E SalaSchool of Life Sciences, Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281.ORCID 0000-0003-0142-9450
Jeffrey S DukesDepartment of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0001-9482-7743
Richard P PhillipsDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Laura YahdjianInstituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-9635-1221
Laureano A GherardiDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Timothy OhlertDepartment of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Claus BeierDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C 1958, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0348-7179
Lauchlan H FraserDepartment of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3998-5540
Anke JentschDepartment of Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95447, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2345-8300
Michael E LoikDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064.ORCID 0000-0003-0847-6778
Fernando T MaestreDepartamento de Ecologia, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7434-4856
Sally A PowerHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
Qiang YuSchool of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Andrew J FeltonDepartment of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.
Seth M MunsonU.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ 86001.ORCID 0000-0002-2736-6374
Yiqi LuoSoil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.ORCID 0000-0002-4556-0218
Hamed AbdoliDepartment of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor 46417-76489, Iran.ORCID 0009-0009-2380-6908
Mehdi AbediDepartment of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor 46417-76489, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1499-0119
Concepción L AladosDepartamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza 50059, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6227-861X
Juan AlbertiLaboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-1600-0921
Moshe AlonSchool of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9664-0093
Hui AnSchool of Ecology and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
Brian AnackerCity of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Boulder, CO 80301.
Maggie AndersonDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108.
Harald AugeDepartment of Community Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle 06120, Germany.
Seton BachleDivision of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.
Khadijeh BahalkehDepartment of Range Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor 46417-76489, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1485-0316
Michael BahnDepartment of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 6020, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7482-9776
Amgaa BatbaatarDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6687-0274
Taryn BauerleSoil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.ORCID 0000-0003-2741-2593
Karen H BeardDepartment of Wildland Resource and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.ORCID 0000-0003-4997-2495
Kai BehnInstitute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Department of Plant Nutrition, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2598-9575
Ilka BeilInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald D-17498, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1136-1373
Lucio BiancariInstituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-6539-6267
Irmgard BlindowBiological Station of Hiddensee, Department of Biology, University of Greifswald, Kloster D-18565, Germany.
Viviana Florencia BondarukInstituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-8087-6584
Elizabeth T BorerDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108.ORCID 0000-0003-2259-5853
Edward W BorkDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2623-8223
Carlos Martin BruschettiLaboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-2461-1629
Kerry M ByrneDepartment of Environmental Science and Management, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA 95521.ORCID 0009-0003-5611-0620
James F CahillDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
Dianela A CalvoUniversidad Nacional de Río Negro, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), Sede Atlántica-CONICET, Viedma 8500, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-4191-9163
Michele CarbognaniDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma I-43124, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7701-9859
Augusto CardoniLaboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina.
Cameron N CarlyleDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4753-5945
Miguel Castillo-GarciaDepartamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza 50059, Spain.ORCID 0009-0004-9017-9696
Scott X ChangDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada.
Jeff ChieppaHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
Marcus V CianciarusoDepartment of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO 74690-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5866-5345
Ofer CohenSchool of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Amanda L CordeiroDepartment of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Daniela F CusackDepartment of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.ORCID 0000-0003-4681-7449
Sven DahlkeBiological Station of Hiddensee, Department of Biology, University of Greifswald, Kloster D-18565, Germany.
Pedro DaleoLaboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina.
Carla M D'AntonioDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.ORCID 0000-0002-0395-9650
Lee H DietterichDepartment of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.ORCID 0000-0003-4465-5845
Tim S DohertySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Maren DubbertIsotope Biogeochemistry and GasFluxes, Leibniz-Zentrum fürAgrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF), Müncheberg 15374, Germany.
Anne EbelingInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany.
Nico EisenhauerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0371-6720
Felícia M FischerInstitute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig 04103, Germany.
T'ai G W ForteDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma I-43124, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8685-5872
Tobias GebauerGeobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg D-79104, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2751-4071
Beatriz GozaloInstituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3082-4695
Aaron C GreenvilleSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Karlo G Guidoni-MartinsDepartment of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO 74690-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8458-8467
Heather J HannuschDepartment of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843.
Siri Vatsø HaugumDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen 5007, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4958-7132
Yann HautierEcology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CH, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4347-7741
Mariet HeftingEcology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CH, Netherlands.
Hugh A L HenryDepartment of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada.
Daniela HossGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6766-3904
Johannes IngrischDepartment of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 6020, Austria.
Oscar IribarneLaboratorio de Ecología, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Técnica (CONICET), CC 1260 Correo Central, Mar del Plata B7600WAG, Argentina.
Forest IsbellDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108.ORCID 0000-0001-9689-769X
Yari JohnsonU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Samuel JordanSchool of Life Sciences, Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281.
Eugene F KellyDepartment of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Kaitlin KimmelGlobal Water Security Center, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.
Juergen KreylingInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald D-17498, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8489-7289
György Kröel-DulayCentre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót 2163, Hungary.
Alicia KröpflDepartamento de Gestión Agropecuaria, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Centro Universitario Regional Zona Atlántica, Viedma 85009, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-9086-2741
Angelika KübertEcosystem Physiology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79110, Germany.
Andrew KulmatiskiDepartment of Wildland Resource and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.ORCID 0000-0001-9977-5508
Eric G LambDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N5A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5201-4541
Klaus Steenberg LarsenDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C 1958, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1421-6182
Julie LarsonRange and Meadow Forage Management Research, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Agricultural Research Service, Burns, OR 97720.ORCID 0000-0001-7968-916X
Jason LawsonBrackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78747.
Cintia V LederUniversidad Nacional de Río Negro, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), Sede Atlántica-CONICET, Viedma 8500, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-4829-4477
Anja LinstädterDepartment of Biodiversity Research and Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Potsdam 14469, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0038-9557
Jielin LiuPrataculture Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haerbin 150086, China.
Shirong LiuKey Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1103-9803
Alexandra G LodgeDepartment of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843.
Grisel LongoPrograma de Posgrado en Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente-Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB 58051-900, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0002-7546-3870
Alejandro LoydiCentro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida-CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca 8000FTN, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-0306-905X
Junwei LuanInstitute of Resources and Environment, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration and Beijing for Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology, Beijing 100102, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3848-4747
Frederick Curtis LubbeInstitute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň 379 01, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-1272-6226
Craig MacfarlaneCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Environment, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia.
Kathleen Mackie-HaasSchool of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen 3052, Switzerland.
Andrey V MalyshevInstitute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald D-17498, Germany.
Adrián Maturano-RuizInstituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9932-9951
Thomas MerchantDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.
Daniel B MetcalfeDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå S-901 87, Sweden.
Akira S MoriResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
Edwin MudongoConservancy-Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainably (CLAWS) Botswana, Seronga 00000, Botswana.
Gregory S NewmanSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019.ORCID 0000-0001-8932-0809
Uffe N NielsenHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2400-7453
Dale NimmoGulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia.
Yujie NiuDepartment of Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95447, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0912-8401
Paola NobreDepartment of Ecology, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO 74690-900, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0007-2084-5835
Rory C O'ConnorRange and Meadow Forage Management Research, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Agricultural Research Service, Burns, OR 97720.
Romà OgayaGlobal Ecology Unit Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)-National Research Council (CSIC)-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), National Research Council (CSIC), Bellaterra, Catalonia 08194, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4927-8479
Gastón R OñatibiaInstituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-2329-6601
Ildikó OrbánCentre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót 2163, Hungary.
Brooke OsborneDepartment of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Moab, UT 84532.
Rafael OtfinowskiDepartment of Biology, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8242-5947
Meelis PärtelInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu EE50409, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-5874-0138
Josep PenuelasGlobal Ecology Unit Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)-National Research Council (CSIC)-Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), National Research Council (CSIC), Bellaterra, Catalonia 08194, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7215-0150
Pablo L PeriInstituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria-Universidad Nacional d ela Patagonia Austral-CONICET, Río Gallegos, Caleta Olivia Z9011, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-5398-4408
Guadalupe PeterUniversidad Nacional de Río Negro, Centro de Estudios Ambientales desde la NorPatagonia (CEANPa), Sede Atlántica-CONICET, Viedma 8500, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-7792-7045
Alessandro PetragliaDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma I-43124, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4632-2251
Catherine Picon-CochardUniversité Clermont Auvergne, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, VetAgro Sup, Research Unit for Grassland Ecosystems, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France.
Valério D PillarDepartment of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6408-2891
Juan Manuel Piñeiro-GuerraInstituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-5958-1589
Laura W PlougheDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
Robert M PlowesBrackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78747.ORCID 0000-0001-5803-755X
Cristy Portales-ReyesDepartment of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103.
Suzanne M ProberCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Environment, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia.
Yolanda PueyoDepartamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Zaragoza 50059, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6970-7790
Sasha C ReedU.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT 84532.ORCID 0000-0002-8597-8619
Euan G RitchieCentre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4410-8868
Dana Aylén RodríguezCentro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida-CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca 8000FTN, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-7834-774X
William E RogersDepartment of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843.ORCID 0000-0002-3407-1101
Christiane RoscherGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany.
Ana M SánchezDepartment of Biology and Geology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid 28032, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6220-3001
Bráulio A SantosDepartamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB 58051-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6046-4024
María Cecilia ScarfóCentro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida-CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca 8000FTN, Argentina.
Eric W SeabloomDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108.ORCID 0000-0001-6780-9259
Baoku ShiInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3954-9415
Lara SouzaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019.ORCID 0000-0001-6005-8667
Andreas StampfliSchool of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen 3052, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5517-1363
Rachel J StandishInstitute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern 3013, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8118-1904
Marcelo SternbergSchool of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-8710-4141
Wei SunInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
Marie SünnemannGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig 04103, Germany.
Michelle TedderSchool of Life Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 3201, South Africa.
Pål ThorvaldsenNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Department of Landscape and Biodiversity, Tjøtta 8860, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-3883-847X
Dashuan TianKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Katja TielbörgerPlant Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany.
Alejandro ValdecantosDepartamento de Ecologia, Universidad de Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3761-3500
Liesbeth van den BrinkPlant Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany.
Vigdis VandvikDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen 5007, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4651-4798
Mathew R VankoughnettNova Scotia Community College, Annapolis Valley Campus, Applied Research, Middleton, NS B0S 1P0, Canada.
Liv Guri VelleMøreforsking, Aalesund 6021, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0433-5337
Changhui WangCollege of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030801, China.
Yi WangInstitute of Resources and Environment, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration and Beijing for Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology, Beijing 100102, China.
Glenda M WardleSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0189-1899
Christiane WernerEcosystem Physiology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79110, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7676-9057
Cunzheng WeiState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9309-2722
Georg WiehlCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Environment, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia.
Jennifer L WilliamsDepartment of Geography and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4497-4961
Amelia A WolfDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712.
Michaela ZeiterSchool of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen 3052, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6772-5378
Fawei ZhangKey Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810008, China.
Juntao ZhuKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Ning ZongKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Xiaoan ZuoUrat Desert-grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARColorado State University · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversität Greifswald · DEUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Minnesota · USConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESUniversity of Alicante · ESUtah State University · USCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUTarbiat Modares University · IRTel Aviv University · ILTexas A&M University · USThe University of Sydney · AUUniversidade Federal de Goiás · BRUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Parma · ITWestern Sydney University · AUAgricultural Research Service · US
Funding
National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1354732US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2020-67034-31898
Abstract
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of short-term (~1 y) drought events-the most common duration of drought-globally. Yet the impact of this intensification of drought on ecosystem functioning remains poorly resolved. This is due in part to the widely disparate approaches ecologists have employed to study drought, variation in the severity and duration of drought studied, and differences among ecosystems in vegetation, edaphic and climatic attributes that can mediate drought impacts. To overcome these problems and better identify the factors that modulate drought responses, we used a coordinated distributed experiment to quantify the impact of short-term drought on grassland and shrubland ecosystems. With a standardized approach, we imposed ~a single year of drought at 100 sites on six continents. Here we show that loss of a foundational ecosystem function-aboveground net primary production (ANPP)-was 60% greater at sites that experienced statistically extreme drought (1-in-100-y event) vs. those sites where drought was nominal (historically more common) in magnitude (35% vs. 21%, respectively). This reduction in a key carbon cycle process with a single year of extreme drought greatly exceeds previously reported losses for grasslands and shrublands. Our global experiment also revealed high variability in drought response but that relative reductions in ANPP were greater in drier ecosystems and those with fewer plant species. Overall, our results demonstrate with unprecedented rigor that the global impacts of projected increases in drought severity have been significantly underestimated and that drier and less diverse sites are likely to be most vulnerable to extreme drought.
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DroughtsEcosystemCarbon CycleClimate ChangeGrasslandReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinasesclimate extremeDrought-NetInternational Drought Experimentproductivity
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