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Precipitation and local adaptation drive spatiotemporal variations of aboveground biomass and species richness in Tibetan alpine grasslands
The Tibetan Plateau contains the highest and largest alpine pasture in the world, which is adapted to the cold and arid climate. It is challenging...
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Warming in combination with increased precipitation mediate the sexual and clonal reproduction in the desert steppe dominant species Stipa breviflora
BackgroundClonal plants can successfully adapt to various ecosystems. A trade-off between sexual and clonal reproduction is generally assumed in...
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Monthly and Seasonal Forecast of Precipitation and Temperature over India for Agro-meteorological Applications
Government, industry, traffic, media, farming community and risk management departments need a reliable high-resolution weather forecast (Majewski,...
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Biocrust and sand burial together promote annual herb community assembly in an arid sandy desert area
BackgroundAnnual herbs are crucial components of sandy ecosystems and their community assembly in arid sandy dunes is an intuitive indicator of a...
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Patterns of Biological and Utilitarian Diversity of Plants Through a Dry Forest Precipitation Gradient
The environment plays an important role in resource selection by human groups. For example, the same environment shared by different cultures tends...
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Overgrazing leads to decoupling of precipitation patterns and ecosystem carbon exchange in the desert steppe through changing community composition
Background and aimsUnderstanding the effects of grazing and precipitation pattern on ecosystem carbon (C) exchange, and their interactions is crucial...
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Soil respiration and N-mineralization processes in the Patagonian steppe are more responsive to fertilization than to experimental precipitation increase
PurposeSoil respiration and N-mineralization are key processes in C and N cycling of terrestrial ecosystems. Both processes are limited by soil...
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Precipitation and land use alter soil respiration in an Inner Mongolian grassland
PurposeGrasslands are facing the threat of climate change and intensive land use. Soil respiration (R s ) in grassland ecosystems can be potentially...
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Responses of soil carbon dynamics to precipitation and land use in an Inner Mongolian grassland
Background and aimsGrasslands hold one of the most important soil carbon stocks in the world, which is vulnerable to climate change (i.e....
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Intra-annual isotope variations in tree rings reveal growth rhythms within the least rainy season of an ever-wet tropical forest
Key messageIsotope variation (δ 18 O) in wood suggests new insights on growth rhythms in trees growing in tropical forest with extremely high...
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The effect of precipitation timing on phylogenetic and functional community structure in a semi-arid steppe
Changes in the amount and timing of precipitation may affect plant species coexistence. However, little is known about how these changes in...
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All in moderation: crayfish populations are affected by precipitation-driven habitat availability and water quality in a non-perennial stream
Species conservation requires an understanding of the abiotic factors driving animal-environmental relationships, especially in dynamic ecosystems...
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Changes in precipitation have both direct and indirect effects on typical steppe aboveground net primary productivity in Loess Plateau, China
Background and aimsChanges in precipitation profoundly affect ecological processes of steppe ecosystem. To predict the impact of climate changes on...
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Timberline and Climate in the Indian Western Himalayan Region: Changes and Impact on Timberline Elevations
In Himalayas, the high-elevational mountains have warmed more rapidly in recent decades than other areas of the globe. Himalayan timberline is...
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Annual methane uptake of an artificial grassland under different grazing strategies
Increased grazing has led to the degradation of natural grasslands, which can be mitigated by implementing artificial grasslands. Continuous and...
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Legacy effects of nitrogen deposition and increased precipitation on plant productivity in a semi-arid grassland
PurposeNitrogen (N) deposition and increased precipitation were widely reported to promote plant productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. However, few...
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Intra-annual dynamics of stem circumference variation and water status of four coniferous tree species (Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, Larix decidua and Abies alba) under warmer and water-limited conditions
In the paper, the intra-annual growth patterns and tree water balance of four different tree species ( Pinus sylvestris , Picea abies , Larix decidua ...
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Annual fitness costs may be balanced by a conservative life history strategy in groups of unrelated ant queens
AbstractCooperation between kin and cooperation between non-kin often appear functionally similar, but the evolutionary mechanisms that drive the...
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Perennial grass seed bank in litter patches. Co-occurrence with forb and annual grass seed banks constraints the reestablishment in disturbed Patagonian Monte rangelands
We assessed the effect of grazing and plant patchiness on the perennial grass seed bank in litter patches in relation to co-occurring shrub, annual...
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Sample Collection and Preparation for Annual and Intra-annual Tree-Ring Isotope Chronologies
This chapter provides guidance for conducting studies based on stable isotope measurements in tree rings to infer past and present climate...