ArticleBioscience2024
Drought as an emergent driver of ecological transformation in the twenty-first century.
Article in Bioscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Nanotechnology for Drought Mitigation and Water Conservation: Opportunities and Limitations.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Alternative Future Vegetation Pathways Reveal Potential Transformations of Western US Ecosystems.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Simulated drought with Polyethylene-Glycol (PEG) decreases above-ground performance and increases nodulation in the legumemicroPublication biology · 2026Article
- Advances in Potassium Silicate-Induced Drought Tolerance in Tropical Tree Seedlings: Effects on Morphological Traits, Physiological Responses, and Biochemical Regulation.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Positive Drought Feedbacks Increase Tree Mortality Risk in Dry Woodlands of the US Southwest.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Linking the North Atlantic Oscillation to rainfall variability and dynamics in Algeria through GIS and wavelet theory.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A post-fire reforestation assessment and prioritization tool for the Western United States.Fire ecology · 2025Article
- A user's guide for understanding reptile and amphibian hydroregulation and climate change impacts.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Restoration treatments enhance tree growth and alter climatic constraints during extreme drought.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
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Abstract
Under climate change, ecosystems are experiencing novel drought regimes, often in combination with stressors that reduce resilience and amplify drought's impacts. Consequently, drought appears increasingly likely to push systems beyond important physiological and ecological thresholds, resulting in substantial changes in ecosystem characteristics persisting long after drought ends (i.e., ecological transformation). In the present article, we clarify how drought can lead to transformation across a wide variety of ecosystems including forests, woodlands, and grasslands. Specifically, we describe how climate change alters drought regimes and how this translates to impacts on plant population growth, either directly or through drought's interactions with factors such as land management, biotic interactions, and other disturbances. We emphasize how interactions among mechanisms can inhibit postdrought recovery and can shift trajectories toward alternate states. Providing a holistic picture of how drought initiates long-term change supports the development of risk assessments, predictive models, and management strategies, enhancing preparedness for a complex and growing challenge.
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