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Defining the limit to resistance in a drought-tolerant grassland: long-term severe drought significantly reduces the dominant species and increases ruderals

Sarah E. Evans, Auteur ; Kerry M. Byrne, Auteur ; William K. Lauenroth, Auteur ; Ingrid C. Burke, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ecology (99(6) NOV 2011)

1. Models predict that the duration and intensity of drought will increase under future climate regimes. Although semi-arid grasslands are adapted to moisture limitation, the sensitivity of semi-arid grassland vegetation to extreme and sustained[...]

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Shifts in plant functional types have time-dependent and regionally variable impacts on dryland ecosystem water balance

John B. Bradford, Auteur ; Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Auteur ; William K. Lauenroth, Auteur ; Ingrid C. Burke, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ecology (102(6) NOV 2014)

Terrestrial vegetation influences hydrologic cycling. In water-limited, dryland ecosystems, altered ecohydrology as a consequence of vegetation change can impact vegetation structure, ecological functioning and ecosystem services. Shrub steppe e[...]

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