Precipitation (PPT) is a primary climatic determinant of plant growth and aboveground net
primary production (ANPP) over much of the globe. Thus, PPT–ANPP relationships are …

Legumes, broadly defined by their unusual flower structure, podded fruit, and the ability of
88% of the species examined to date to form nodules with rhizobia (de Faria et al., 1989) …

Global warming delays the autumn date of foliar senescence (DFS) in recent decades, with
positive implications for growing season length and therefore global carbon storage …

Climate warming is changing the aboveground phenology of plants around the world.
However, the effects of warming on the belowground phenology of plants remain relatively …

Contemporary soil science and conservation methods of effective forestry Forests and the
soils that serve as their foundation cover almost a third of the world's land area. Soils …

-Weaver 1968, p. 48 he health and future of the earth's ecological systems (Dailey and
Ehrlich 1992), their link to the well being of com-munities and nations (Raven 1990), and the …

Amplification of the hydrological cycle as a consequence of global warming is forecast to
lead to more extreme intra-annual precipitation regimes characterized by larger rainfall …

Interannual variability in aboveground net primary production (ANPP) was assessed with
long-term (mean= 12 years) data from 11 Long Term Ecological Research sites across North …

Climate influences a variety of ecological processes. These effects operate through local
weather parameters such as temperature, wind, rain, snow, and ocean currents, as well as …

Grasslands, in particular managed pastures and rangelands, are widespread, covering
approximately 40%(52 million km²) of the Earth's land surface. They are dominated by …