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Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions

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  • Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos

    (USDA ARS Southwest Watershed Research
    Soil, Water & Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona)

  • M. Susan Moran

    (USDA ARS Southwest Watershed Research)

  • Alfredo Huete

    (Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia)

  • Yongguang Zhang

    (USDA ARS Southwest Watershed Research)

  • Cynthia Bresloff

    (Soil, Water & Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona)

  • Travis E. Huxman

    (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA and Center for Environmental Biology, University of California)

  • Derek Eamus

    (Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia)

  • David D. Bosch

    (USDA ARS Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory)

  • Anthony R. Buda

    (USDA ARS Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park)

  • Stacey A. Gunter

    (USDA ARS Southern Plains Range Research Station)

  • Tamara Heartsill Scalley

    (USDA FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Rio Piedras 00926, Puerto Rico)

  • Stanley G. Kitchen

    (USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station Shrub Sciences Laboratory)

  • Mitchel P. McClaran

    (School of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Arizona)

  • W. Henry McNab

    (USDA FS Southern Research Station)

  • Diane S. Montoya

    (USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station)

  • Jack A. Morgan

    (USDA ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit)

  • Debra P. C. Peters

    (USDA ARS Jornada Experimental Range & Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Program, New Mexico State University)

  • E. John Sadler

    (USDA ARS Cropping Systems & Water Quality Research Unit)

  • Mark S. Seyfried

    (USDA ARS Northwest Watershed Research Center)

  • Patrick J. Starks

    (USDA ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory)

Abstract

The resilience of a global sample of ecosystems to an increase in drought conditions is assessed, comparing data from the early twenty-first with the late twentieth century; results indicate a cross-ecosystem capacity for tolerating low precipitation and responding to high precipitation during recent warm drought and yet suggest a threshold to resilience with prolonged warm drought.

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  • Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos & M. Susan Moran & Alfredo Huete & Yongguang Zhang & Cynthia Bresloff & Travis E. Huxman & Derek Eamus & David D. Bosch & Anthony R. Buda & Stacey A. Gunter & Tamara Heartsil, 2013. "Ecosystem resilience despite large-scale altered hydroclimatic conditions," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7437), pages 349-352, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:494:y:2013:i:7437:d:10.1038_nature11836
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11836
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    3. Pirzad, Alireza & Mohammadzadeh, Sevil, 2018. "Water use efficiency of three mycorrhizal Lamiaceae species (Lavandula officinalis, Rosmarinus officinalis and Thymus vulgaris)," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 204(C), pages 1-10.
    4. Jianying Jia & Junfang Zhao & Heling Wang & Feng Fang & Lanying Han & Funian Zhao, 2023. "Characteristics of the Water Consumption Components of Winter Wheat Fields and Their Effects on the Loess Plateau under Climate Change: An Example at Xifeng Station, Gansu, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-11, June.
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