In terrestrial ecosystems, climate change forecasts of increased frequencies and magnitudes
of wet and dry precipitation anomalies are expected to shift precipitation–net primary …

Although there is abundant evidence that plant phenology is shifting with climatic warming,
the magnitude and direction of these shifts can depend on the environmental context, plant …

Direct quantification of terrestrial biosphere responses to global change is crucial for
projections of future climate change in Earth system models. Here, we synthesized …

Researchers use both experiments and observations to study the impacts of climate change
on ecosystems, but results from these contrasting approaches have not been systematically …

Future climate may profoundly impact the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, we
do not know well how the functioning of different types of grassland ecosystems is …

Elucidating the variation of allocation pattern of ecosystem net primary productivity (NPP)
and its underlying mechanisms is critically important for understanding the changes of …

We review results from field experiments that simulate drought, an ecologically impactful
global change threat that is predicted to increase in magnitude, extent, duration and …

Alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are sensitive and vulnerable to climate
change and human activities. Climate warming and overgrazing have already caused …

Ongoing intensification of the hydrological cycle is altering rainfall regimes by increasing the
frequency of extreme wet and dry years and the size of individual rainfall events. Despite …

Water‐limited ecosystems are highly sensitive to not only precipitation amount, but also
precipitation pattern, particularly variability in the size and timing of growing season rainfall …