Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

CM Godde, D Mason-D'Croz, DE Mayberry… - Global food security, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential impacts of climate change on current livestock systems worldwide are a major
concern, and yet the topic is covered to a limited extent in global reports such as the ones …

Shifting seasonal patterns of water availability: ecosystem responses to an unappreciated dimension of climate change

OL Hajek, AK Knapp - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal patterns of water availability can differ dramatically among ecosystems, with well‐
known consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning. Less appreciated is that …

Revegetation in China's Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits

X Feng, B Fu, S Piao, S Wang, P Ciais, Z Zeng… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Revegetation of degraded ecosystems provides opportunities for carbon sequestration and
bioenergy production,. However, vegetation expansion in water-limited areas creates …

Applying Geodetector to disentangle the contributions of natural and anthropogenic factors to NDVI variations in the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin

L Zhu, J Meng, L Zhu - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
The detection and attribution of vegetation changes is a prerequisite for vegetation
restoration and management. In arid and semi-arid areas, natural and anthropogenic factors …

Detection and attribution of vegetation greening trend in China over the last 30 years

S Piao, G Yin, J Tan, L Cheng, M Huang… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The reliable detection and attribution of changes in vegetation growth is a prerequisite for
the development of strategies for the sustainable management of ecosystems. This is an …

Unraveling the relative impacts of climate change and human activities on grassland productivity in Central Asia over last three decades

T Chen, G Tang, Y Yuan, H Guo, Z Xu, G Jiang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change (CC) and human activities (HA) have severely influenced grassland
productivity in Central Asia since the 1980s. However, the relative impacts of CC and HA on …

Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: implications for climate change experiments

AK Knapp, DL Hoover, KR Wilcox… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is intensifying the hydrologic cycle and is expected to increase the
frequency of extreme wet and dry years. Beyond precipitation amount, extreme wet and dry …

Spatiotemporal pattern of gross primary productivity and its covariation with climate in China over the last thirty years

Y Yao, X Wang, Y Li, T Wang, M Shen… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The uncertainties of China's gross primary productivity (GPP) estimates by global data‐
oriented products and ecosystem models justify a development of high‐resolution data …

A cross‐biome synthesis of soil respiration and its determinants under simulated precipitation changes

L Liu, X Wang, MJ Lajeunesse, G Miao… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Soil respiration (Rs) is the second‐largest terrestrial carbon (C) flux. Although Rs has been
extensively studied across a broad range of biomes, there is surprisingly little consensus on …

Global rangeland production systems and livelihoods at threat under climate change and variability

CM Godde, RB Boone, AJ Ash, K Waha… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Rangelands are one of the Earth's major ice-free land cover types. They provide food and
support livelihoods for millions of people in addition to delivering important ecosystems …