Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Alleviate Drought Stress in C3 (Leymus chinensis) and C4 (Hemarthria altissima) Grasses via Altering Antioxidant Enzyme Activities …

J Li, B Meng, H Chai, X Yang, W Song, S Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As one of the most important limiting factors of grassland productivity, drought is predicted to
increase in intensity and frequency. Greenhouse studies suggest that arbuscular …

Towards comparable assessment of the soil nutrient status across scales—Review and development of nutrient metrics

K Van Sundert, D Radujković, N Cools… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrient availability influences virtually every aspect of an ecosystem, and is a critical
modifier of ecosystem responses to global change. Although this crucial role of nutrient …

Drought disaster monitoring and land use dynamics: identification of drought drivers using regression-based algorithms

IR Orimoloye, AO Olusola, JA Belle, CB Pande… - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Droughts are particularly disastrous in South Africa and other arid regions that are water-
scarce by nature due to low rainfall and water sources. According to some studies, droughts …

Contrasting effects of altered precipitation regimes on soil nitrogen cycling at the global scale

Q Wu, K Yue, Y Ma, P Heděnec, Y Cai… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in precipitation regimes can strongly affect soil nitrogen (N) cycling in
terrestrial ecosystems. However, whether altered precipitation regimes may differentially …

Application of grazing land models in ecosystem management: Current status and next frontiers

L Ma, JD Derner, RD Harmel, J Tatarko, AD Moore… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Grazing land models can assess the provisioning and trade-offs among ecosystem services
attributable to grazing management strategies. We reviewed 12 grazing land models used …

Animal-derived plant biostimulant alleviates drought stress by regulating photosynthesis, osmotic adjustment, and antioxidant systems in tomato plants

W Wang, W Zheng, H Lv, B Liang, S Jin, J Li… - Scientia Horticulturae, 2022 - Elsevier
Drought stress is one of the major abiotic factors limiting crop growth and yield production.
Protein hydrolysates have been used as plant biostimulants in agriculture due to their …

Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity

K Van Sundert, MAS Arfin Khan, S Bharath… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Droughts can strongly affect grassland productivity and biodiversity, but responses differ
widely. Nutrient availability may be a critical factor explaining this variation, but is often …

Nitrogen addition amplifies the nonlinear drought response of grassland productivity to extended growing‐season droughts

B Meng, J Li, GE Maurer, S Zhong, Y Yao, X Yang… - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the response of grassland production and carbon exchange to intra‐annual
variation in precipitation and nitrogen addition is critical for sustainable grassland …

Experimental analysis of soil moisture response to rainfall in a typical grassland hillslope under different vegetation treatments

J Zhang, L Duan, T Liu, Z Chen, Y Wang, M Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The responses of soil moisture to rainfall are of great significance for watershed hydrological
modeling. However, few studies have been done to investigate these responds on hillslope …

Nitrogen rate for cotton should be adjusted according to water availability in arid regions

B Wu, L Zhang, J Tian, G Zhang, W Zhang - Field Crops Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent reports on cotton water use and root-canopy relationship responses to nitrogen (N)
fertilizer management under varying water supply in arid regions are limited. This …