Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

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in Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

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Class of 2026

“Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally”

AuthorsMelinda D Smith, Kate D Wilkins et al.

Melinda D. Smith, Kate Wilkins

JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Colorado State University

Citations72

DOI10.1073/pnas.2309881120

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Topics

extreme drought · short-term drought · grasslands · shrublands · aboveground net primary production (ANPP) · coordinated distributed experiment · International Drought Experiment · 1-in-100-year drought · carbon cycle · Ecosystem function · drought severity · Plant species diversity · drier ecosystems · drought response variability · climate change intensification · International Drought Experiment

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