Plants are exposed to increasingly severe drought events and roots play vital roles in
maintaining plant survival, growth, and reproduction. A large body of literature has …

Grazing exclusion has been proved to be an effective approach for naturally restoring
degraded rangelands. Still, the effect of this management practice on plant community …

Plant nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) can reflect community and ecosystem responses to
environmental changes such as water availability. Climate change is predicted to increase …

Understanding the effects of climate change, in particular, climate extremes on plant
functional traits can provide a mechanistic basis for predicting how plant communities may …

Climate change models project shifts in precipitation patterns at regional and global scales.
Increases in dry areas and the occurrence of drought predicted in future scenarios are likely …

Sand rice (Agriophyllum squarrosum) is a pioneer species of annual plant found on mobile
dunes in arid and semi-arid areas of China. Its establishment within the community could …

Annual plant species have great potential on green roofs as many are highly attractive, fast
and cheap to establish via sowing and can provide rapid cover and growth, which is …

The prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller) is a xerophytic cactus species widely
cultivated in arid and semiarid regions worldwide and used in rehabilitation programs of …

Grassland ecosystems play an important role in maintaining biodiversity, global carbon
balance. Aiming at the desert steppe with an extremely fragile ecological environment, the …

Abstract Changes in rainfall associated with climate change are expected to affect the tightly
coupled water‐carbon ecosystem dynamics. Here, we study the effects of altered rainfall at …