Sensitivity of global terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability

AWR Seddon, M Macias-Fauria, PR Long, D Benz… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
… of global relevance 1 . Here we present a novel, empirical approach to assess the relative
sensitivity of ecosystems to climate variability… areas sensitive to climate variability over the past …

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems and carbon budgets to current and future environmental variability

D Medvigy, SC Wofsy, JW Munger… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
ecosystems will be affected by changes in variability almost as much as by changes in …
that terrestrial ecosystems are highly sensitive to high-frequency meteorological variability, and …

The influence of terrestrial ecosystems on climate

P Meir, P Cox, J Grace - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2006 - cell.com
Terrestrial ecosystems influence climate by affecting how much solar energy is absorbed …
terrestrial ecological processes will have a net positive feedback effect on 21st-century global

An overview of the implications of global change for natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems

B Walker, W Steffen - Conservation ecology, 1997 - JSTOR
… , and ecosystem physiology, the terrestrial biosphere will probably become a source rather
than a sink for carbon over the next century. Because of land use change, the terrestrial

Global variability of carbon use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems

X Tang, N Carvalhais, C Moura, B Ahrens… - Biogeosciences …, 2019 - bg.copernicus.org
… study CUE variability and its driving factors, this study established a global database of
site-year CUE based on observations from 188 field measurement sites for five ecosystem types …

Global variability in belowground autotrophic respiration in terrestrial ecosystems

X Tang, S Fan, W Zhang, S Gao… - Earth System Science …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
… validated in terrestrial ecosystem models and Earth system models, will provide insights into
understanding mechanisms underlying the spatial and temporal variability in belowground …

A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability

CPO Reyer, S Leuzinger, A Rammig… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
variability. Distinguishing between impacts of changing mean climatic conditions and
changing climatic variability on terrestrial ecosystems is … to changes in the variability of climatic …

Variability matters: towards a perspective on the influence of precipitation on terrestrial ecosystems

JL Heisler, JF Weltzin - New Phytologist, 2006 - JSTOR
… in terrestrial ecosystems in a synthetic way? Is it possible to achieve an understanding of
precipitation as an ecosystem driver that spans multiple regions of the globe and biome types? …

Global and regional variability and change in terrestrial ecosystems net primary production and NDVI: A model-data comparison

R Rafique, F Zhao, R De Jong, N Zeng, GR Asrar - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
… the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems and their role in carbon … terrestrial ecosystems in
carbon cycle under the prevailing climate conditions. We found that 80% and 67% of the global

Terrestrial ecosystem restoration increases biodiversity and reduces its variability, but not to reference levels: A global meta‐analysis

J Atkinson, LA Brudvig, M Mallen‐Cooper… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… In summary, the aim of our study is to use a global meta-analysis of terrestrial ecological
restoration studies to ask: (1) What is the effect of ecological restoration on both variability in …