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Contrasting drought sensitivity of Eurasian and North American grasslands.
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- Drought conditions reorder plant communities through expansion of spatially sparse and temporally intermittent species.Ecology · 2026Article
- Stakeholder priorities dominate the evaluation of climate change impacts on ecosystem-service multifunctionality.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Article
- Enhanced net primary productivity across Inner Mongolian grasslands despite diverging stability under climate perturbations.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Drought intensity shifts the roles of dominant species traits and species diversity on productivity resistance in arid grasslands.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Declining grassland canopy height in China under asymmetric biomass allocation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A new lens on drought impacts: unlocking continental contrasts in grassland sensitivity.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Article
- Increased precipitation decelerates temporal succession of grassland soil microbial communities.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Resistance of shallow soil carbon to both short-term isolated and recurrent droughts in two semi-arid grasslands.Oecologia · 2026Article
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- Responses of stable vegetation to drought accumulation timescales and time lags in the Weihe River Basin.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Fast seasonal growth promotes regional stability by strengthening local temporal stability in Inner Mongolian grasslands.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Uncovering the effects of grazing exclusion duration on plant richness and biomass in alpine grasslands using the price equation.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Decadal trends in global grassland growth peaks and their drivers since the 1980s.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Drought diminishes ecosystem service supply and exacerbates trade-offs in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.iScience · 2025Article
- Fine root trait dynamics and their relationships with productivity across grasslands under extreme drought.Oecologia · 2025Article
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- Plant Acquisitive Strategies Promote Resistance and Temporal Stability of Semiarid Grasslands.Ecology letters · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
28 authors.
Qiang YuSchool of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5480-0623
Chong XuState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-Arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Honghui WuState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-Arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuguang KeNational Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1884-7627
Xiaoan ZuoKey Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Urat Desert-Grassland Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1063-1100
Wentao LuoLiaoning Northwest Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station; Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Haiyan RenCollege of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0745-4438
Qian GuSchool of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
Hongqiang WangNational Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wang MaLiaoning Northwest Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station; Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3293-4628
Alan K KnappDepartment of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1695-4696
Scott L CollinsDepartment of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0193-2892
Jennifer A RudgersDepartment of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7094-4857
Yiqi LuoSoil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Yann HautierEcology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chengjie WangCollege of Grassland Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Zhengwen WangLiaoning Northwest Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station; Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
Yong JiangSchool of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China.
Guodong HanCollege of Grassland Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
Yingzhi GaoInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Nianpeng HeKey Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0458-5953
Juntao ZhuKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shikui DongSchool of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6984-9999
Xiaoping XinState Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-Arid Arable Land in Northern China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Guirui YuKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1859-8966
Melinda D SmithDepartment of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. melinda.smith@colostate.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4920-6985
Linghao LiState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xingguo HanSchool of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China. xghan@hbu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1836-975X
Funding
Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Abstract
Extreme droughts generally decrease productivity in grassland ecosystems
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DroughtsGrasslandAsiaBiodiversityEuropeNorth AmericaPlantsPoaceaeRainSeasons
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