Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10179836 | Acta Ecologica Sinica | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Drought is projected to become more prevalent in the future due to climate change, and its impact on the fate of terrestrial ecosystems has aroused great concern in the scientific community over the past decade. Mounting evidence suggests that drought may be the most important physical stress of terrestrial ecosystems: drought limits vegetation growth, increases wildfires, and induces tree mortality, among other impacts. Drought not only weakens the carbon sink function of terrestrial ecosystems but also may interfere directly or indirectly with biosphere-atmosphere interactions, further exacerbating climate change. This paper reviews the current evidence of the impacts of drought on terrestrial ecosystems, with particular emphasis on the ways in which drought alters the biological, biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes underlying the interaction between the biosphere and the atmosphere.
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Authors
Bin He, Xuefeng Cui, Honglin Wang, Aifang Chen,