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1. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally.

Author

Maestre, Fernando, Power, Sally, Yu, Qiang, Felton, Andrew, Munson, Seth, Luo, Yiqi, Abdoli, Hamed, Abedi, Mehdi, Alados, Concepción, Alberti, Juan, Alon, Moshe, An, Hui, Anacker, Brian, Anderson, Maggie, Auge, Harald, Bachle, Seton, Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Bahn, Michael, Batbaatar, Amgaa, Bauerle, Taryn, Beard, Karen, Behn, Kai, Beil, Ilka, Biancari, Lucio, Blindow, Irmgard, Bondaruk, Viviana, Borer, Elizabeth, Bork, Edward, Bruschetti, Carlos, Byrne, Kerry, Cahill, James, Calvo, Dianela, Carbognani, Michele, Cardoni, Augusto, Carlyle, Cameron, Castillo-Garcia, Miguel, Chang, Scott, Chieppa, Jeff, Cianciaruso, Marcus, Cohen, Ofer, Cordeiro, Amanda, Cusack, Daniela, Dahlke, Sven, Daleo, Pedro, Dietterich, Lee, S Doherty, Tim, Dubbert, Maren, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fischer, Felícia, Forte, Tai, Gebauer, Tobias, Gozalo, Beatriz, Greenville, Aaron, Guidoni-Martins, Karlo, Hannusch, Heather, Vatsø Haugum, Siri, Hautier, Yann, Hefting, Mariet, Henry, Hugh, Hoss, Daniela, Ingrisch, Johannes, Iribarne, Oscar, Isbell, Forest, Johnson, Yari, Jordan, Samuel, Kelly, Eugene, Kimmel, Kaitlin, Kreyling, Juergen, Kröel-Dulay, György, Kröpfl, Alicia, Kübert, Angelika, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Lamb, Eric, Larsen, Klaus, Larson, Julie, Lawson, Jason, Leder, Cintia, Linstädter, Anja, Liu, Jielin, Liu, Shirong, Lodge, Alexandra, Longo, Grisel, Loydi, Alejandro, Luan, Junwei, Curtis Lubbe, Frederick, Macfarlane, Craig, Mackie-Haas, Kathleen, Malyshev, Andrey, Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Merchant, Thomas, Metcalfe, Daniel, Mori, Akira, Mudongo, Edwin, Newman, Gregory, Nielsen, Uffe, Nimmo, Dale, Niu, Yujie, Nobre, Paola, and OConnor, Rory

Subjects
Drought-Net, International Drought Experiment, climate extreme, productivity, Droughts, Ecosystem, Grassland, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Abstract

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of short-term (~1 y) drought events-the most common duration of drought-globally. Yet the impact of this intensification of drought on ecosystem functioning remains poorly resolved. This is due in part to the widely disparate approaches ecologists have employed to study drought, variation in the severity and duration of drought studied, and differences among ecosystems in vegetation, edaphic and climatic attributes that can mediate drought impacts. To overcome these problems and better identify the factors that modulate drought responses, we used a coordinated distributed experiment to quantify the impact of short-term drought on grassland and shrubland ecosystems. With a standardized approach, we imposed ~a single year of drought at 100 sites on six continents. Here we show that loss of a foundational ecosystem function-aboveground net primary production (ANPP)-was 60% greater at sites that experienced statistically extreme drought (1-in-100-y event) vs. those sites where drought was nominal (historically more common) in magnitude (35% vs. 21%, respectively). This reduction in a key carbon cycle process with a single year of extreme drought greatly exceeds previously reported losses for grasslands and shrublands. Our global experiment also revealed high variability in drought response but that relative reductions in ANPP were greater in drier ecosystems and those with fewer plant species. Overall, our results demonstrate with unprecedented rigor that the global impacts of projected increases in drought severity have been significantly underestimated and that drier and less diverse sites are likely to be most vulnerable to extreme drought.

Published
2024

2. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Smith, Melinda D., Wilkins, Kate D., Holdrege, Martin C., Wilfahrt, Peter, Collins, Scott L., Knapp, Alan K., Sala, Osvaldo, Dukes, Jeffrey S., Phillips, Richard P., Yahdjian, Laura, Gherardi, Laureano A., An, Hui, Anacker, Brian, Anderson, Maggie, Auge, Harald, Bachle, Seton, Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Bahn, Michael, Batbaatar, Amgaa, Bauerle, Taryn, Beard, Karen H., Loydi, Alejandro, Behn, Kai, Beil, Ilka, Biancari, Lucio, Blindow, Irmgard, Bondaruk, Viviana Florencia, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bork, Edward W., Bruschetti, Carlos Martin, Byrne, Kerry M., Cahill Jr., James F., Luan, Junwei, Calvo, Dianela A., Carbognani, Michele, Cardoni, Augusto, Carlyle, Cameron N., Castillo-Garcia, Miguel, Chang, Scott X., Chieppa, Jeff, Cianciaruso, Marcus V., Cohen, Ofer, Cordeiro, Amanda L., Lubbe, Frederick Curtis, Cusack, Daniela F., Dahlke, Sven, Daleo, Pedro, D'Antonio, Carla M., Dietterich, Lee H., Doherty, Tim S., Dubbert, Maren, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fischer, Felícia M., Macfarlane, Craig, Forte, T'ai G.W., Gebauer, Tobias, Gozalo, Beatriz, Greenville, Aaron C., Guidoni-Martins, Karlo G., Hannusch, Heather J., Haugum, Siri Vatsø, Hautier, Yann, Hefting, Mariet, Henry, Hugh A.L., Mackie-Haas, Kathleen, Hoss, Daniela, Ingrisch, Johannes, Iribarne, Oscar, Isbell, Forest, Johnson, Yari, Jordan, Samuel, Kelly, Eugene F., Kimmel, Kaitlin, Kreyling, Juergen, Kröel-Dulay, György, Malyshev, Andrey V., Kröpfl, Alicia, Kübert, Angelika, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Lamb, Eric G., Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, Larson, Julie, Lawson, Jason, Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, Liu, Jielin, Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Liu, Shirong, Lodge, Alexandra G., Longo, Grisel, Merchant, Thomas, Metcalfe, Daniel B., Mori, Akira S., Ohlert, Timothy, Mudongo, Edwin, Newman, Gregory S., Nielsen, Uffe N., Nimmo, Dale, Niu, Yujie, Nobre, Paola, O'Connor, Rory C., Ogaya, Romà, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Orbán, Ildikó, Beier, Claus, Osborne, Brooke, Otfinowski, Rafael, Pärtel, Meelis, Peñuelas Reixach, Josep, Peri, Pablo L., Peter, Guadalupe, Petraglia, Alessandro, Picon-Cochard, Catherine, Pillar, Valério D., Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Ploughe, Laura W., Plowes, Robert M., Portales-Reyes, Cristy, Prober, Suzanne M., Pueyo, Yolanda, Reed, Sasha C., Ritchie, Euan G., Rodríguez, Dana Aylén, Rogers, William E., Roscher, Christiane, Jentsch, Anke, Sánchez, Ana M., Santos, Bráulio A., Scarfó, María Cecilia, Seabloom, Eric W., Shi, Baoku, Souza, Lara, Stampfli, Andreas, Standish, Rachel J., Sternberg, Marcelo, Sun, Wei, Loik, Michael E., Sünnemann, Marie, Tedder, Michelle, Thorvaldsen, Pål, Tian, Dashuan, Tielbörger, Katja, Valdecantos, Alejandro, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vandvik, Vigdis, Vankoughnett, Mathew R., Velle, Liv Guri, Maestre, Fernando T., Wang, Changhui, Wang, Yi, Wardle, Glenda M., Werner, Christiane, Wei, Cunzheng, Wiehl, Georg, Williams, Jennifer L., Wolf, Amelia A., Zeiter, Michaela, Zhang, Fawei, Power, Sally A., Zhu, Juntao, Zong, Ning, Zuo, Xiaoan, Yu, Qiang, Felton, Andrew J., Munson, Seth M., Luo, Yiqi, Abdoli, Hamed, Abedi, Mehdi, Alados, Concepción L., Alberti, Juan, Alon, Moshe, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Smith, Melinda D., Wilkins, Kate D., Holdrege, Martin C., Wilfahrt, Peter, Collins, Scott L., Knapp, Alan K., Sala, Osvaldo, Dukes, Jeffrey S., Phillips, Richard P., Yahdjian, Laura, Gherardi, Laureano A., An, Hui, Anacker, Brian, Anderson, Maggie, Auge, Harald, Bachle, Seton, Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Bahn, Michael, Batbaatar, Amgaa, Bauerle, Taryn, Beard, Karen H., Loydi, Alejandro, Behn, Kai, Beil, Ilka, Biancari, Lucio, Blindow, Irmgard, Bondaruk, Viviana Florencia, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bork, Edward W., Bruschetti, Carlos Martin, Byrne, Kerry M., Cahill Jr., James F., Luan, Junwei, Calvo, Dianela A., Carbognani, Michele, Cardoni, Augusto, Carlyle, Cameron N., Castillo-Garcia, Miguel, Chang, Scott X., Chieppa, Jeff, Cianciaruso, Marcus V., Cohen, Ofer, Cordeiro, Amanda L., Lubbe, Frederick Curtis, Cusack, Daniela F., Dahlke, Sven, Daleo, Pedro, D'Antonio, Carla M., Dietterich, Lee H., Doherty, Tim S., Dubbert, Maren, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fischer, Felícia M., Macfarlane, Craig, Forte, T'ai G.W., Gebauer, Tobias, Gozalo, Beatriz, Greenville, Aaron C., Guidoni-Martins, Karlo G., Hannusch, Heather J., Haugum, Siri Vatsø, Hautier, Yann, Hefting, Mariet, Henry, Hugh A.L., Mackie-Haas, Kathleen, Hoss, Daniela, Ingrisch, Johannes, Iribarne, Oscar, Isbell, Forest, Johnson, Yari, Jordan, Samuel, Kelly, Eugene F., Kimmel, Kaitlin, Kreyling, Juergen, Kröel-Dulay, György, Malyshev, Andrey V., Kröpfl, Alicia, Kübert, Angelika, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Lamb, Eric G., Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, Larson, Julie, Lawson, Jason, Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, Liu, Jielin, Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Liu, Shirong, Lodge, Alexandra G., Longo, Grisel, Merchant, Thomas, Metcalfe, Daniel B., Mori, Akira S., Ohlert, Timothy, Mudongo, Edwin, Newman, Gregory S., Nielsen, Uffe N., Nimmo, Dale, Niu, Yujie, Nobre, Paola, O'Connor, Rory C., Ogaya, Romà, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Orbán, Ildikó, Beier, Claus, Osborne, Brooke, Otfinowski, Rafael, Pärtel, Meelis, Peñuelas Reixach, Josep, Peri, Pablo L., Peter, Guadalupe, Petraglia, Alessandro, Picon-Cochard, Catherine, Pillar, Valério D., Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Ploughe, Laura W., Plowes, Robert M., Portales-Reyes, Cristy, Prober, Suzanne M., Pueyo, Yolanda, Reed, Sasha C., Ritchie, Euan G., Rodríguez, Dana Aylén, Rogers, William E., Roscher, Christiane, Jentsch, Anke, Sánchez, Ana M., Santos, Bráulio A., Scarfó, María Cecilia, Seabloom, Eric W., Shi, Baoku, Souza, Lara, Stampfli, Andreas, Standish, Rachel J., Sternberg, Marcelo, Sun, Wei, Loik, Michael E., Sünnemann, Marie, Tedder, Michelle, Thorvaldsen, Pål, Tian, Dashuan, Tielbörger, Katja, Valdecantos, Alejandro, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vandvik, Vigdis, Vankoughnett, Mathew R., Velle, Liv Guri, Maestre, Fernando T., Wang, Changhui, Wang, Yi, Wardle, Glenda M., Werner, Christiane, Wei, Cunzheng, Wiehl, Georg, Williams, Jennifer L., Wolf, Amelia A., Zeiter, Michaela, Zhang, Fawei, Power, Sally A., Zhu, Juntao, Zong, Ning, Zuo, Xiaoan, Yu, Qiang, Felton, Andrew J., Munson, Seth M., Luo, Yiqi, Abdoli, Hamed, Abedi, Mehdi, Alados, Concepción L., Alberti, Juan, and Alon, Moshe

Abstract

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of short-term (~1 y) drought events—the most common duration of drought—globally. Yet the impact of this intensification of drought on ecosystem functioning remains poorly resolved. This is due in part to the widely disparate approaches ecologists have employed to study drought, variation in the severity and duration of drought studied, and differences among ecosystems in vegetation, edaphic and climatic attributes that can mediate drought impacts. To overcome these problems and better identify the factors that modulate drought responses, we used a coordinated distributed experiment to quantify the impact of short-term drought on grassland and shrubland ecosystems. With a standardized approach, we imposed ~a single year of drought at 100 sites on six continents. Here we show that loss of a foundational ecosystem function—aboveground net primary production (ANPP)—was 60% greater at sites that experienced statistically extreme drought (1-in-100-y event) vs. those sites where drought was nominal (historically more common) in magnitude (35% vs. 21%, respectively). This reduction in a key carbon cycle process with a single year of extreme drought greatly exceeds previously reported losses for grasslands and shrublands. Our global experiment also revealed high variability in drought response but that relative reductions in ANPP were greater in drier ecosystems and those with fewer plant species. Overall, our results demonstrate with unprecedented rigor that the global impacts of projected increases in drought severity have been significantly underestimated and that drier and less diverse sites are likely to be most vulnerable to extreme drought.

Published
2024

3. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Author

Smith, Melinda D., Wilkins, Kate D., Holdrege, Martin C., Wilfahrt, Peter, Collins, Scott L., Knapp, Alan K., Sala, Osvaldo E., Dukes, Jeffrey S., Phillips, Richard P., Yahdjian, Laura, Gherardi, Laureano A., Ohlert, Timothy, Beier, Claus, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Jentsch, Anke, Loik, Michael E., Maestre, Fernando T., Power, Sally A., Yu, Qiang, Felton, Andrew J., Munson, Seth M., Luo, Yiqi, Abdoli, Hamed, Abedi, Mehdi, Alados, Concepción L., Alberti, Juan, Alon, Moshe, An, Hui, Anacker, Brian, Anderson, Maggie, Auge, Harald, Bachle, Seton, Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Bahn, Michael, Batbaatar, Amgaa, Bauerle, Taryn, Beard, Karen H., Behn, Kai, Beil, Ilka, Biancari, Lucio, Blindow, Irmgard, Bondaruk, Viviana Florencia, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bork, Edward W., Bruschetti, Carlos Martin, Byrne, Kerry M., Cahill, James F., Calvo, Dianela A., Carbognani, Michele, Cardoni, Augusto, Carlyle, Cameron N., Castillo-Garcia, Miguel, Chang, Scott X., Chieppa, Jeff, Cianciaruso, Marcus V., Cohen, Ofer, Cordeiro, Amanda L., Cusack, Daniela F., Dahlke, Sven, Daleo, Pedro, D'Antonio, Carla M., Dietterich, Lee H., Doherty, Tim S., Dubbert, Maren, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fischer, Felícia M., Forte, Tai G.W., Gebauer, Tobias, Gozalo, Beatriz, Greenville, Aaron C., Guidoni-Martins, Karlo G., Hannusch, Heather J., Haugum, Siri Vatsø, Hautier, Yann, Hefting, Mariet, Henry, Hugh A.L., Hoss, Daniela, Iribarne, Oscar, Isbell, Forest, Johnson, Yari, Jordan, Samuel, Kelly, Eugene F., Kimmel, Kaitlin, Kreyling, Juergen, Kröel-Dulay, György, Ingrisch, Johannes, Kröpfl, Alicia, Kübert, Angelika, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Lamb, Eric G., Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, Larson, Julie, Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, Liu, Jielin, Liu, Shirong, Lodge, Alexandra G., Longo, Grisel, Loydi, Alejandro, Luan, Junwei, Lawson, Jason, Lubbe, Frederick Curtis, Macfarlane, Craig, Mackie-Haas, Kathleen, Malyshev, Andrey V., Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Merchant, Thomas, Metcalfe, Daniel B., Mori, Akira S., Mudongo, Edwin, Newman, Gregory S., Nielsen, Uffe N., Nimmo, Dale, Niu, Yujie, Nobre, Paola, O'Connor, Rory C., Ogaya, Romà, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Orbán, Ildikó, Osborne, Brooke, Otfinowski, Rafael, Pärtel, Meelis, Penuelas, Josep, Peri, Pablo L., Peter, Guadalupe, Petraglia, Alessandro, Picon-Cochard, Catherine, Pillar, Valério D., Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel, Ploughe, Laura W., Plowes, Robert M., Portales-Reyes, Cristy, Prober, Suzanne M., Pueyo, Yolanda, Reed, Sasha C., Ritchie, Euan G., Rodríguez, Dana Aylén, Rogers, William E., Roscher, Christiane, Sánchez, Ana M., Santos, Bráulio A., Scarfó, María Cecilia, Seabloom, Eric W., Shi, Baoku, Souza, Lara, Stampfli, Andreas, Standish, Rachel J., Sternberg, Marcelo, Sun, Wei, Sünnemann, Marie, Tedder, Michelle, Thorvaldsen, Pål, Tian, Dashuan, Tielbörger, Katja, Valdecantos, Alejandro, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vandvik, Vigdis, Vankoughnett, Mathew R., Velle, Liv Guri, Wang, Changhui, Wang, Yi, Wardle, Glenda M., Werner, Christiane, Wei, Cunzheng, Wiehl, Georg, Williams, Jennifer L., Wolf, Amelia A., Zeiter, Michaela, Zhang, Fawei, Zhu, Juntao, Zong, Ning, Zuo, Xiaoan, Smith, Melinda D., Wilkins, Kate D., Holdrege, Martin C., Wilfahrt, Peter, Collins, Scott L., Knapp, Alan K., Sala, Osvaldo E., Dukes, Jeffrey S., Phillips, Richard P., Yahdjian, Laura, Gherardi, Laureano A., Ohlert, Timothy, Beier, Claus, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Jentsch, Anke, Loik, Michael E., Maestre, Fernando T., Power, Sally A., Yu, Qiang, Felton, Andrew J., Munson, Seth M., Luo, Yiqi, Abdoli, Hamed, Abedi, Mehdi, Alados, Concepción L., Alberti, Juan, Alon, Moshe, An, Hui, Anacker, Brian, Anderson, Maggie, Auge, Harald, Bachle, Seton, Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, Bahn, Michael, Batbaatar, Amgaa, Bauerle, Taryn, Beard, Karen H., Behn, Kai, Beil, Ilka, Biancari, Lucio, Blindow, Irmgard, Bondaruk, Viviana Florencia, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bork, Edward W., Bruschetti, Carlos Martin, Byrne, Kerry M., Cahill, James F., Calvo, Dianela A., Carbognani, Michele, Cardoni, Augusto, Carlyle, Cameron N., Castillo-Garcia, Miguel, Chang, Scott X., Chieppa, Jeff, Cianciaruso, Marcus V., Cohen, Ofer, Cordeiro, Amanda L., Cusack, Daniela F., Dahlke, Sven, Daleo, Pedro, D'Antonio, Carla M., Dietterich, Lee H., Doherty, Tim S., Dubbert, Maren, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fischer, Felícia M., Forte, Tai G.W., Gebauer, Tobias, Gozalo, Beatriz, Greenville, Aaron C., Guidoni-Martins, Karlo G., Hannusch, Heather J., Haugum, Siri Vatsø, Hautier, Yann, Hefting, Mariet, Henry, Hugh A.L., Hoss, Daniela, Iribarne, Oscar, Isbell, Forest, Johnson, Yari, Jordan, Samuel, Kelly, Eugene F., Kimmel, Kaitlin, Kreyling, Juergen, Kröel-Dulay, György, Ingrisch, Johannes, Kröpfl, Alicia, Kübert, Angelika, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Lamb, Eric G., Larsen, Klaus Steenberg, Larson, Julie, Leder, Cintia V., Linstädter, Anja, Liu, Jielin, Liu, Shirong, Lodge, Alexandra G., Longo, Grisel, Loydi, Alejandro, Luan, Junwei, Lawson, Jason, Lubbe, Frederick Curtis, Macfarlane, Craig, Mackie-Haas, Kathleen, Malyshev, Andrey V., Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Merchant, Thomas, Metcalfe, Daniel B., Mori, Akira S., Mudongo, Edwin, Newman, Gregory S., Nielsen, Uffe N., Nimmo, Dale, Niu, Yujie, Nobre, Paola, O'Connor, Rory C., Ogaya, Romà, Oñatibia, Gastón R., Orbán, Ildikó, Osborne, Brooke, Otfinowski, Rafael, Pärtel, Meelis, Penuelas, Josep, Peri, Pablo L., Peter, Guadalupe, Petraglia, Alessandro, Picon-Cochard, Catherine, Pillar, Valério D., Piñeiro-Guerra, Juan Manuel, Ploughe, Laura W., Plowes, Robert M., Portales-Reyes, Cristy, Prober, Suzanne M., Pueyo, Yolanda, Reed, Sasha C., Ritchie, Euan G., Rodríguez, Dana Aylén, Rogers, William E., Roscher, Christiane, Sánchez, Ana M., Santos, Bráulio A., Scarfó, María Cecilia, Seabloom, Eric W., Shi, Baoku, Souza, Lara, Stampfli, Andreas, Standish, Rachel J., Sternberg, Marcelo, Sun, Wei, Sünnemann, Marie, Tedder, Michelle, Thorvaldsen, Pål, Tian, Dashuan, Tielbörger, Katja, Valdecantos, Alejandro, van den Brink, Liesbeth, Vandvik, Vigdis, Vankoughnett, Mathew R., Velle, Liv Guri, Wang, Changhui, Wang, Yi, Wardle, Glenda M., Werner, Christiane, Wei, Cunzheng, Wiehl, Georg, Williams, Jennifer L., Wolf, Amelia A., Zeiter, Michaela, Zhang, Fawei, Zhu, Juntao, Zong, Ning, and Zuo, Xiaoan

Abstract

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of short-term (~1 y) drought events—the most common duration of drought—globally. Yet the impact of this intensification of drought on ecosystem functioning remains poorly resolved. This is due in part to the widely disparate approaches ecologists have employed to study drought, variation in the severity and duration of drought studied, and differences among ecosystems in vegetation, edaphic and climatic attributes that can mediate drought impacts. To overcome these problems and better identify the factors that modulate drought responses, we used a coordinated distributed experiment to quantify the impact of short-term drought on grassland and shrubland ecosystems. With a standardized approach, we imposed ~a single year of drought at 100 sites on six continents. Here we show that loss of a foundational ecosystem function—aboveground net primary production (ANPP)—was 60% greater at sites that experienced statistically extreme drought (1-in-100-y event) vs. those sites where drought was nominal (historically more common) in magnitude (35% vs. 21%, respectively). This reduction in a key carbon cycle process with a single year of extreme drought greatly exceeds previously reported losses for grasslands and shrublands. Our global experiment also revealed high variability in drought response but that relative reductions in ANPP were greater in drier ecosystems and those with fewer plant species. Overall, our results demonstrate with unprecedented rigor that the global impacts of projected increases in drought severity have been significantly underestimated and that drier and less diverse sites are likely to be most vulnerable to extreme drought., Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of short-term (~1 y) drought events—the most common duration of drought—globally. Yet the impact of this intensification of drought on ecosystem functioning remains poorly resolved. This is due in part to the widely disparate approaches ecologists have employed to study drought, variation in the severity and duration of drought studied, and differences among ecosystems in vegetation, edaphic and climatic attributes that can mediate drought impacts. To overcome these problems and better identify the factors that modulate drought responses, we used a coordinated distributed experiment to quantify the impact of short-term drought on grassland and shrubland ecosystems. With a standardized approach, we imposed ~a single year of drought at 100 sites on six continents. Here we show that loss of a foundational ecosystem function—aboveground net primary production (ANPP)—was 60% greater at sites that experienced statistically extreme drought (1-in-100-y event) vs. those sites where drought was nominal (historically more common) in magnitude (35% vs. 21%, respectively). This reduction in a key carbon cycle process with a single year of extreme drought greatly exceeds previously reported losses for grasslands and shrublands. Our global experiment also revealed high variability in drought response but that relative reductions in ANPP were greater in drier ecosystems and those with fewer plant species. Overall, our results demonstrate with unprecedented rigor that the global impacts of projected increases in drought severity have been significantly underestimated and that drier and less diverse sites are likely to be most vulnerable to extreme drought.

Published
2024

4. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Author

Smith, Melinda D., primary, Wilkins, Kate D., additional, Holdrege, Martin C., additional, Wilfahrt, Peter, additional, Collins, Scott L., additional, Knapp, Alan K., additional, Sala, Osvaldo E., additional, Dukes, Jeffrey S., additional, Phillips, Richard P., additional, Yahdjian, Laura, additional, Gherardi, Laureano A., additional, Ohlert, Timothy, additional, Beier, Claus, additional, Fraser, Lauchlan H., additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Loik, Michael E., additional, Maestre, Fernando T., additional, Power, Sally A., additional, Yu, Qiang, additional, Felton, Andrew J., additional, Munson, Seth M., additional, Luo, Yiqi, additional, Abdoli, Hamed, additional, Abedi, Mehdi, additional, Alados, Concepción L., additional, Alberti, Juan, additional, Alon, Moshe, additional, An, Hui, additional, Anacker, Brian, additional, Anderson, Maggie, additional, Auge, Harald, additional, Bachle, Seton, additional, Bahalkeh, Khadijeh, additional, Bahn, Michael, additional, Batbaatar, Amgaa, additional, Bauerle, Taryn, additional, Beard, Karen H., additional, Behn, Kai, additional, Beil, Ilka, additional, Biancari, Lucio, additional, Blindow, Irmgard, additional, Bondaruk, Viviana Florencia, additional, Borer, Elizabeth T., additional, Bork, Edward W., additional, Bruschetti, Carlos Martin, additional, Byrne, Kerry M., additional, Cahill Jr., James F., additional, Calvo, Dianela A., additional, Carbognani, Michele, additional, Cardoni, Augusto, additional, Carlyle, Cameron N., additional, Castillo-Garcia, Miguel, additional, Chang, Scott X., additional, Chieppa, Jeff, additional, Cianciaruso, Marcus V., additional, Cohen, Ofer, additional, Cordeiro, Amanda L., additional, Cusack, Daniela F., additional, Dahlke, Sven, additional, Daleo, Pedro, additional, D'Antonio, Carla M., additional, Dietterich, Lee H., additional, S. Doherty, Tim, additional, Dubbert, Maren, additional, Ebeling, Anne, additional, Eisenhauer, Nico, additional, Fischer, Felícia M., additional, Forte, T'ai G. W., additional, Gebauer, Tobias, additional, Gozalo, Beatriz, additional, Greenville, Aaron C., additional, Guidoni-Martins, Karlo G., additional, Hannusch, Heather J., additional, Vatsø Haugum, Siri, additional, Hautier, Yann, additional, Hefting, Mariet, additional, Henry, Hugh A. 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5. The main factors that drive plant dieback under extreme drought differ among Mediterranean shrubland plant biotypes

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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", CEAM (Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo), Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Ruiz-Yanetti, Samantha, Manrique-Alba, Àngela, Moutahir, Hassane, Chirino Miranda, Esteban, Vilagrosa, Alberto, Bellot, Juan, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", CEAM (Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo), Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Ruiz-Yanetti, Samantha, Manrique-Alba, Àngela, Moutahir, Hassane, Chirino Miranda, Esteban, Vilagrosa, Alberto, and Bellot, Juan

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Questions: Knowledge of how extreme drought events induce plant dieback and, eventually, plant mortality, may improve our forecasting of ecosystem change according to future climate projections, especially in Mediterranean drylands. In them, shrublands are the main vegetation communities in transition areas from a subhumid to semi-arid climate. This study analyzed differences in plant dieback after an unusual drought in 2014 and identified their main underlying factors in relation to three groups of explanatory variables: water availability, soil properties and vegetation structure attributes. Location: Four Mediterranean shrublands along a climatic gradient in SE Spain. Methods: At each experimental field site, we sampled a pool of vegetation structure characteristics, soil depth and soil surface properties, and we also determined water availability by continuously monitoring soil moisture and the microclimate conditions. Results: The climatic analysis showed that there was an extreme drought event in 2014, which was below the first percentile of the driest years. Under such conditions, vegetation dieback occurred at all the study sites. However, plant dieback differed between sites and plant biotypes. Subshrubs were the main affected biotype, with diebacks close to 60% at the driest sites, and up to 40% dieback for shrubs depending on their vertical development. Relative extractable water and bare soil surface cover were the best explanatory variables of plant community dieback but changed between plant biotypes. Vegetation structure variables related to plant vertical development (leaf area index [LAI], plant height, phytovolume) were significant explanatory variables of plant dieback in shrubs, subshrubs and grasses. Consecutive dry days fitted the best model to explain subshrub dieback. Conclusions: We found that rainfall pattern rather than total annual rainfall was the climatic factor that best determined water availability for plants in Mediterranean dryland

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2023

6. The main factors that drive plant dieback under extreme drought differ among Mediterranean shrubland plant biotypes

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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Generalitat Valenciana, European Commission, Universidad de Alicante, Manrique-Alba, Ángela [0000-0002-7255-4999], Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Ruiz-Yanetti, Samantha, Manrique-Alba, Ángela, Moutahir, Hassane, Chirino, Esteban, Vilagrosa, Alberto, Bellot, Juan F., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Generalitat Valenciana, European Commission, Universidad de Alicante, Manrique-Alba, Ángela [0000-0002-7255-4999], Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Ruiz-Yanetti, Samantha, Manrique-Alba, Ángela, Moutahir, Hassane, Chirino, Esteban, Vilagrosa, Alberto, and Bellot, Juan F.

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Questions: Knowledge of how extreme drought events induce plant dieback and, eventually, plant mortality, may improve our forecasting of ecosystem change ac-cording to future climate projections, especially in Mediterranean drylands. In them, shrublands are the main vegetation communities in transition areas from a subhu-mid to semi- arid climate. This study analyzed differences in plant dieback after an unusual drought in 2014 and identified their main underlying factors in relation to three groups of explanatory variables: water availability, soil properties and vegeta -tion structure attributes.Location: Four Mediterranean shrublands along a climatic gradient in SE Spain.Methods: At each experimental field site, we sampled a pool of vegetation structure characteristics, soil depth and soil surface properties, and we also determined water availability by continuously monitoring soil moisture and the microclimate conditions.Results: The climatic analysis showed that there was an extreme drought event in 2014, which was below the first percentile of the driest years. Under such conditions, vegetation dieback occurred at all the study sites. However, plant dieback differed between sites and plant biotypes. Subshrubs were the main affected biotype, with diebacks close to 60% at the driest sites, and up to 40% dieback for shrubs depend-ing on their vertical development. Relative extractable water and bare soil surface cover were the best explanatory variables of plant community dieback but changed between plant biotypes. Vegetation structure variables related to plant vertical devel -opment (leaf area index [LAI], plant height, phytovolume) were significant explanatory variables of plant dieback in shrubs, subshrubs and grasses. Consecutive dry days fit-ted the best model to explain subshrub dieback.Conclusions: We found that rainfall pattern rather than total annual rainfall was the climatic factor that best determined water availability for plants in Mediterranean dr

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2023

8. Impacts of water availability on shrublands: natural and experimental extreme drought in Mediterranean drylands

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Valdecantos, Alejandro, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Valdecantos, Alejandro, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, and Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián

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El estudio del impacto de los eventos extremos de sequía sobre los ecosistemas secos mediterráneos es fundamental para desarrollar herramientas de gestión adaptativa frente al cambio climático. La complejidad en la respuesta de los ecosistemas y las dificultades experimentales para llevar a cabo estudios de campo sobre eventos extremos de sequía, son los principales obstáculos en este campo de investigación. Es necesario desarrollar metodologías que permitan estudiar la relación de los ecosistemas con la disponibilidad hídrica y parametrizar los eventos de sequía extrema para poder resolver las inconsistencias surgidas hasta el momento en este ámbito. En la presente tesis se han estudiado las respuestas de los ecosistemas a distintos niveles ecológicos, desde el sistema suelo planta hasta los procesos ecosistémicos, frente a cambios en la disponibilidad hídrica durante eventos extremos de sequía. Para ello, se han realizado dos experimentos manipulativos de lluvia y se ha analizado un evento de sequía extrema natural en seis comunidades vegetales dominadas por arbustos del Sureste de la Península Ibérica, en la Comunidad Valenciana. Los resultados de estos estudios, mostrados a lo largo de seis capítulos en esta tesis, indican que la sequía extrema, y los cambios en la disponibilidad hídrica que ella produce, afectan a estos ecosistemas a todos los niveles ecológicos estudiados. Además, apuntan a la relevancia del patrón de precipitaciones y de la dinámica de la humedad del suelo como principales responsables de la respuesta de los ecosistemas. La respuesta de los ecosistemas a la sequía extrema fue mayor a niveles ecológicos superiores, siendo la reducción en la tasa de descomposición de hojarasca y la acumulación de combustible seco las principales consecuencias tanto a nivel experimental como natural. La sequía extrema también afectó a la fenología y esfuerzo reproductivo de la vegetación, así como a su crecimiento y procesos productivos. Finalmente se observaron

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2022

9. El Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja como laboratorio para investigar el impacto del cambio climático en la vegetación mediterránea

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Vicente Bartolí, Eduardo, Maturano-Ruiz, Adrián, Martínez Giménez, Delfina, Vilagrosa, Alberto, Bonet, Andreu, Bellot, Juan, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Estación Científica Font Roja Natura, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio 'Ramón Margalef', and Gestión de Ecosistemas y de la Biodiversidad (GEB)

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Balanç hídric, Drought, Transpiración, Balance hídrico, Sequera, Ecología, Stress, Sequía, Climatic change, Transpiration, Mortalidad, Mortalitat, Transpiració, Cambio climático, Canvi climàtic, Mortality, Water balance, Estrés
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Las proyecciones del cambio climático indican que en el área mediterránea se producirá un aumento en la frecuencia de sequías extremas, lo que causará impactos en sus masas forestales y en los servicios ecosistémicos que estas prestan. En los últimos años se han registrado eventos de decaimiento y mortalidad asociados a fuertes sequías, los cuales se pueden considerar representativos de los previstos por el cambio climático, por lo que su estudio es una oportunidad para comprender y predecir cómo se verán afectados los bosques mediterráneos en el futuro. Este es el principal objetivo del nuevo proyecto de investigación liderado por la Universidad de Alicante y el CEAM y cuyo propósito es profundizar en el conocimiento de estas cuestiones. Para ello se está llevando a cabo el análisis detallado de distintas variables ecohidrológicas y ecofisiológicas en masas forestales de distintas zonas experimentales de la Comunidad Valenciana, dos de las cuales se hallan en el Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja. En este artículo se presentan los principales objetivos del citado proyecto, así como sus instalaciones experimentales en el Parque Natural. Les projeccions de canvi climàtic indiquen que a l’àrea mediterrània es produirà un augment en la freqüència de sequeres extremes, el que causarà impactes en les seues masses forestals i en els servicis ecosistèmics que aquestes presten. En els últims anys s’han registrat esdeveniments de decaïment i mortalitat associats a fortes sequeres, les quals es poden considerar representatives de les previstes pel canvi climàtic. Per tant, el seu estudi és una oportunitat per a comprendre com es veuran afectats els boscos mediterranis en el futur. Aquest és el principal objectiu d’un nou projecte d’investigació liderat per la Universitat d’Alacant i el CEAM i es tracta d’aprofundir en el coneixement d’aquestes qüestions. Per a això s’està duent a terme l’anàlisi detallat de distintes variables ecohidrológiques i ecofisiológiques en masses forestals de diferents zones experimentals de la Comunitat Valenciana, dues de les quals es troben en el Parc Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja. En aquest article es presenten els objectius específics de l’esmentat projecte, així com les seues instal·lacions experimentals al Parc Natural. Global change projections point out an increase in the number of severe droughts in the Mediterranean region, which may have a deep impact in forests and in environmental services they provide. In the past years, events of drought-induced decay and plant mortality have been registered in this region, which are considered representative of climatic change consequences. Hence, their study is a good chance to understand and foresee how Mediterranean forests will be affected by climate change in the future. This is the main purpose of the new research project carried out by University of Alicante and CEAM foundation whose main goal is improve our actual knowledge in this topic. To achieve this, an exhaustive study of forest’s ecohydrological and ecophysological variables is being carried out in several experimental sites through the Valencian Communiy, two of them located within kermes oak forest of Font Roja Natural Park. In this paper, we introduce the main project goals and the experimental design of Natural Park’s study sites. Este trabajo que se está desarrollando está financiado dentro del marco de los proyectos Alteraclim (CGL2015-69773-C2-1-P) y Survive-2 (CGL2015-69773-C2-2-P) con fondos del ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MINECO/FEDER).

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2017

10. El Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja como laboratorio para investigar el impacto del cambio climático en la vegetación mediterránea

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Estación Científica Font Roja Natura, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Vicente Bartolí, Eduardo, Maturano Ruiz, Adrián, Martínez Giménez, Delfina, Vilagrosa, Alberto, Bonet, Andreu, Bellot, Juan, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología, Universidad de Alicante. Estación Científica Font Roja Natura, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Vicente Bartolí, Eduardo, Maturano Ruiz, Adrián, Martínez Giménez, Delfina, Vilagrosa, Alberto, Bonet, Andreu, and Bellot, Juan

Abstract

Las proyecciones del cambio climático indican que en el área mediterránea se producirá un aumento en la frecuencia de sequías extremas, lo que causará impactos en sus masas forestales y en los servicios ecosistémicos que estas prestan. En los últimos años se han registrado eventos de decaimiento y mortalidad asociados a fuertes sequías, los cuales se pueden considerar representativos de los previstos por el cambio climático, por lo que su estudio es una oportunidad para comprender y predecir cómo se verán afectados los bosques mediterráneos en el futuro. Este es el principal objetivo del nuevo proyecto de investigación liderado por la Universidad de Alicante y el CEAM y cuyo propósito es profundizar en el conocimiento de estas cuestiones. Para ello se está llevando a cabo el análisis detallado de distintas variables ecohidrológicas y ecofisiológicas en masas forestales de distintas zonas experimentales de la Comunidad Valenciana, dos de las cuales se hallan en el Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja. En este artículo se presentan los principales objetivos del citado proyecto, así como sus instalaciones experimentales en el Parque Natural., Les projeccions de canvi climàtic indiquen que a l’àrea mediterrània es produirà un augment en la freqüència de sequeres extremes, el que causarà impactes en les seues masses forestals i en els servicis ecosistèmics que aquestes presten. En els últims anys s’han registrat esdeveniments de decaïment i mortalitat associats a fortes sequeres, les quals es poden considerar representatives de les previstes pel canvi climàtic. Per tant, el seu estudi és una oportunitat per a comprendre com es veuran afectats els boscos mediterranis en el futur. Aquest és el principal objectiu d’un nou projecte d’investigació liderat per la Universitat d’Alacant i el CEAM i es tracta d’aprofundir en el coneixement d’aquestes qüestions. Per a això s’està duent a terme l’anàlisi detallat de distintes variables ecohidrológiques i ecofisiológiques en masses forestals de diferents zones experimentals de la Comunitat Valenciana, dues de les quals es troben en el Parc Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja. En aquest article es presenten els objectius específics de l’esmentat projecte, així com les seues instal·lacions experimentals al Parc Natural., Global change projections point out an increase in the number of severe droughts in the Mediterranean region, which may have a deep impact in forests and in environmental services they provide. In the past years, events of drought-induced decay and plant mortality have been registered in this region, which are considered representative of climatic change consequences. Hence, their study is a good chance to understand and foresee how Mediterranean forests will be affected by climate change in the future. This is the main purpose of the new research project carried out by University of Alicante and CEAM foundation whose main goal is improve our actual knowledge in this topic. To achieve this, an exhaustive study of forest’s ecohydrological and ecophysological variables is being carried out in several experimental sites through the Valencian Communiy, two of them located within kermes oak forest of Font Roja Natural Park. In this paper, we introduce the main project goals and the experimental design of Natural Park’s study sites.

Published
2017

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