Plant disease risk is modified by multiple global change drivers

AL Laine - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Plant diseases are strongly influenced by host biodiversity, spatial structure, and abiotic
conditions. All of these are undergoing rapid change, as the climate is warming, habitats are …

Research challenges and opportunities for using big data in global change biology

J Xia, J Wang, S Niu - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global change biology has been entering a big data era due to the vast increase in
availability of both environmental and biological data. Big data refers to large data volume …

South America climate change revealed through climate indices projected by GCMs and Eta-RCM ensembles

MS Reboita, CAC Kuki, VH Marrafon, CA de Souza… - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Studies that evaluate climate change projections over the whole of South America (SA) and
including different seasons and models are scarce. In this context, the objective of this work …

Responses of plant diversity to precipitation change are strongest at local spatial scales and in drylands

L Korell, H Auge, JM Chase, WS Harpole… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mitigating and adapting to climate change requires an understanding of the magnitude and
nature by which climate change will influence the diversity of plants across the world's …

Global patterns and climatic controls of forest structural complexity

M Ehbrecht, D Seidel, P Annighöfer, H Kreft… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The complexity of forest structures plays a crucial role in regulating forest ecosystem
functions and strongly influences biodiversity. Yet, knowledge of the global patterns and …

One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective

EM Armstrong, ER Larson, H Harper, CR Webb… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The 'One Hundred Important Questions Facing Plant Science Research'project
aimed to capture a global snapshot of the current issues and future questions facing plant …

Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

Species richness promotes ecosystem carbon storage: evidence from biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments

S Xu, N Eisenhauer, O Ferlian… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plant diversity has a strong impact on a plethora of ecosystem functions and services,
especially ecosystem carbon (C) storage. However, the potential context-dependency of …

Increasing climatic sensitivity of global grassland vegetation biomass and species diversity correlates with water availability

D Liu, C Zhang, R Ogaya… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Grasslands are key repositories of biodiversity and carbon storage and are heavily impacted
by effects of global warming and changes in precipitation regimes. Patterns of grassland …

Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change

J AguirreGutiérrez, E Berenguer… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropical forests are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, yet their
functioning is threatened by anthropogenic disturbances and climate change. Global actions …