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Aridity‐dependent response bias of grassland productivity to precipitation in experiments compared to observations Open

Yuan Yuan Xiao, Yun Jiang, Jiawei Li, Haibo Lü, Xiuchen Wu , et al. · 2025

Precipitation manipulation experiments and long‐term observations have been widely employed to examine the response of ecosystem productivity to changing precipitation. However, whether experiments accurately reflect natural responses rema…

The Key Role of Xylem Hydraulic Vulnerability in Influencing Interannual Growth Variability of Earlywood and Latewood Across the Northern Hemisphere Open

Mengtao Sun, Lixin Wang, Steven A. Kannenberg, Hongyan Liu, Christopher R. Schwalm , et al. · 2025

Estimating interannual variability of earlywood and latewood growth is crucial for assessing the fluctuations in forest carbon sequestration. However, with amplified climate variations, it remains unclear how earlywood and latewood growth …

Soil quality improvement on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau induced by soil hydrothermal changes from 1980s to 2020s Open

Kuan Chen, Jingyao Suo, Xiaodong Song, Yiyao Liu, Xiang Xiang , et al. · 2025

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), as the world’s Third Pole, has experienced a sharp trend of warming and humidifying in recent decades within the context of global climate change. Under these circumstances, the soil nutrient cycling has be…

Declining precipitation frequency may drive earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation Open

Xinyi Zhang, Xiaoyue Wang, Constantin M. Zohner, Josep Peñuelas, Yang Li , et al. · 2025

Precipitation is an important factor influencing the date of foliar senescence, which in turn affects carbon uptake of terrestrial ecosystems. However, the temporal patterns of precipitation frequency and its impact on foliar senescence da…

Current Earth System Models Overestimate Ecosystem Respiration in Mid‐To‐High Latitude Dryland Regions Open

Dongxing Wu, Shaomin Liu, Bin He, Ziwei Xu, Xiuchen Wu , et al. · 2024

The inhibition of foliar respiration by light is a crucial yet often overlooked component in estimating ecosystem respiration. However, current estimations of the light inhibition of ecosystem respiration are biased by ignoring the effects…

Increasing Sensitivity of Tree Radial Growth to Precipitation Open

Tiewei Li, Bin He, Deliang Chen, Hans W. Chen, Lanlan Guo , et al. · 2024

The sensitivity of tree growth to precipitation regulates their responses to drought, and is a crucial metric for predicting ecosystem dynamics and vulnerability. Sensitivity may be changing with continuing climate change, yet a comprehens…

Reductions in Forest Resilience: Unraveling the Decoupling Between Gross Primary Productivity and Photosynthetic Efficiency Open

Yu Zhang, Xiaohong Liu, Lixin Wang, Xiaomin Zeng, Liangju Zhao , et al. · 2024

Ecosystem‐scale photosynthetic efficiency (EPE) is proposed as an effective indicator to quantify gross primary productivity (GPP), but how the coupling between EPE and GPP varies as vegetation resilience decreases has not been evaluated. …

Declining precipitation frequency drivers earlier leaf senescence by intensifying drought stress and enhancing drought acclimation Open

Chaoyang Wu, Xinyi Zhang, Xiaoyue Wang, Constantin M. Zohner, Josep Peñuelas , et al. · 2024

Precipitation is an important factor influencing the date of leaf senescence (DFS), which in turn affects carbon uptake of terrestrial ecosystems. However, the temporal patterns of precipitation frequency (P_freq) and its impact …

Sensitivity of vegetation structural and physiological information to compound drought and heatwave stress based on Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) Open

Chan Diao, Xiuchen Wu, Yang Li, Liang Zhao · 2024

Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) measurements have shown unique potential for quantifying both plant physiological and structural stress under compound drought and heatwave events. However, there is a lack of understanding and we…

Density-Dependent Selection Effect of Dominant Species Rather than Species Diversity Increased Aboveground Biomass Accumulation in a Temperate Oak Forest Open

Guanjie Wang, Yang Liu, Xiuchen Wu, Ting Wang, Hongyan Liu , et al. · 2024

Enhanced Drought Exposure Increasingly Threatens More Forests Than Observed Open

Chongyang Xu, Hongyan Liu, Philippe Ciais, Henrik Hartmann, J. Julio Camarero , et al. · 2024

Forest protection and afforestation have been identified as a means to partially offset anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. Yet, increasingly frequent observations of drought‐induced tree mortality are reported. Here, we applied a risk analysis …

Agricultural land management extends the duration of the impacts of extreme climate events on vegetation in double–cropping systems in the Yangtze–Huai plain China Open

Tiexi Chen, Jie Dai, Xin Chen, Chuanzhuang Liang, Tingting Shi , et al. · 2024

Extreme climate events can have severe impacts on both vegetation and the carbon cycle. However, whether land management exacerbates or mitigates the effects of extreme climate events on vegetation remains unknown. We investigated the case…

Short lifespan and ‘prime period’ of carbon sequestration call for multi-ages in dryland tree plantations Open

Chongyang Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Yuhong Tian, Liang Shi, Qi Yang , et al. · 2024

Enhancing forest cover is important for effective climate change mitigation. Studies suggest that drylands are promising areas for expanding forests, but conflicts arise with increased forest area and water consumption. Recent tree mortali…

Depth-dependent responses of soil microbial respiration to nitrogen addition in a temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia Open

Yun Jiang, Weitao Wang, Jiawei Li, Xia Xu, Yongmei Huang , et al. · 2023

Background and aims Over the past few decades, terrestrial ecosystems have experienced rising atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, which further impacts the global carbon (C) budget through soil microbial respiration (MR). However, the eff…

Spatial Heterogeneity of Vegetation Resilience Changes to Different Drought Types Open

Yu Zhang, Xiaohong Liu, Wenzhe Jiao, Xiuchen Wu, Xiaomin Zeng , et al. · 2023

Resilience is a fundamental concept for vegetation health. The increasing drought frequency and severity may pose severe threat to vegetation resilience. However, it is still not clear how vegetation resilience is evolving in response to c…

Spatial and temporal variability of compound drought heatwave events in the Northern Hemisphere Open

Chan Diao, Liang Zhao, Xiuchen Wu, Yang Li · 2023

Recent decades have witnessed a notable increase in the compound drought and heatwave events (CDHW) in many regions across the globe, which may have more complex and intense implications on terrestrial ecosystem stability than individual e…

Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems Open

Yang Li, Wen Zhang, Christopher R. Schwalm, Pierre Gentine, William K. Smith , et al. · 2023

Corrigendum: Unlocking drought-induced tree mortality: Physiological mechanisms to modelling Open

Ximeng Li, Benye Xi, Xiuchen Wu, Brendan Choat, Jinchao Feng , et al. · 2023

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Variations of Deep Water Uptake and Water Use Efficiency Indicated Divergence in Tree Growth Stability Open

Yuanqiao Li, Yongmei Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Xinxing Huo, Ximeng Li , et al. · 2023

Divergent roles of deep soil water uptake in seasonal tree growth under natural drought events in North China Open

Yuanqiao Li, Fangzhong Shi, Xiaoyan Li, Huawu Wu, Shoudong Zhao , et al. · 2022

Understanding the ecophysiological mechanisms underlying tree adaptation in drought-prone regions is crucial for predicting forest health in the face of future climate changes. However, little is known about how tree hydraulic adaptations …

Timing and Order of Extreme Drought and Wetness Determine Bioclimatic Sensitivity of Tree Growth Open

Xiuchen Wu, Hongyan Liu, Henrik Hartmann, Philippe Ciais, John S. Kimball , et al. · 2022

Tree resistance to extreme droughts and post‐drought recovery are sensitive to the drought timing. However, how the bioclimatic sensitivity of tree growth may vary with the timing and order of extreme droughts and wetness is still poorly u…

Unlocking Drought-Induced Tree Mortality: Physiological Mechanisms to Modeling Open

Ximeng Li, Benye Xi, Xiuchen Wu, Brendan Choat, Jinchao Feng , et al. · 2022

Drought-related tree mortality has become a major concern worldwide due to its pronounced negative impacts on the functioning and sustainability of forest ecosystems. However, our ability to identify the species that are most vulnerable to…

Mechanisms Controlling Carbon Sinks in Semi‐Arid Mountain Ecosystems Open

Weichao Guo, Mohammad Safeeq, Hongyan Liu, Xiuchen Wu, Guotao Cui , et al. · 2022

Feedbacks between the intertwined water and carbon cycles in semi‐arid mountain ecosystems can introduce large uncertainties into projections of carbon storage. In this study, we sought to understand the influence of key mechanisms on carb…

Deep learning projects future warming-induced vegetation growth changes under SSP scenarios Open

Zhiting Chen, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Boyi Liang , et al. · 2022

Radiation, soil water content, and temperature effects on carbon cycling in an alpine swamp meadow of the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Open

Junqi Wei, Xiaoyan Li, Lei Liu, Torben R. Christensen, Zhi‐Yun Jiang , et al. · 2022

Predicted intensified climate warming will likely alter the ecosystem net carbon (C) uptake of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Variations in C sink–source responses to climate warming have been linked to water availability; however, the…

CPSDv0: a forest stand structure database for plantation forests in China Open

Xiuchen Wu, Xiaofei Jiang, Hongyan Liu, Craig D. Allen, Xiaoyan Li , et al. · 2022

Forest stand structure is not only a crucial factor for regulating forest functioning but also an important indicator for sustainable forest management and ecosystem services. Although there exists a few national/global structure databases…

Effects of Forest Management and Climate Factors on the Growth of Poplar Plantations in the North China Plain Open

Wei Zhu, Xiuchen Wu, Liming Jia, Benye Xi · 2022

Soil Property Plays a Vital Role in Vegetation Drought Recovery in Karst Region of Southwest China Open

Taoran Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Yuhong Tian, Yang Li, Wen Zhang , et al. · 2021

Southwest China is the world's largest continuous karst region, where drought events are expected to intensify in the future. Understanding the postdrought recovery of vegetation growth sheds light on the resilience and stability of ecosys…

A 406-year non-growing-season precipitation reconstruction in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau Open

Maierdang Keyimu, Zongshan Li, Bojie Fu, Guohua Liu, Fanjiang Zeng , et al. · 2021

Trees record climatic conditions during their growth, and tree rings serve as proxy to reveal the features of the historical climate of a region. In this study, we collected tree-ring cores of hemlock forest (Tsuga forrestii) from the nort…

Modelling Aboveground Biomass Carbon Stock of the Bohai Rim Coastal Wetlands by Integrating Remote Sensing, Terrain, and Climate Data Open

Shaobo Sun, Yafei Wang, Zhaoliang Song, Chu Chen, Yonggen Zhang , et al. · 2021

Remotely sensed vegetation indices (VIs) have been widely used to estimate the aboveground biomass (AGB) carbon stock of coastal wetlands by establishing Vis-related linear models. However, these models always have high uncertainties due t…

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