Aridity and drought: distinct concepts often conflated in ecological research As well-established drivers of ecological pattern and process, aridity and drought are linked by a common focus on water limitation – with both aridity and especially drought projected to increase in...

Aridity and drought: distinct concepts often conflated in ecological research - Knapp - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Invasive plants optimize leaf nitrogen allocation in photosynthesis Invasive plants often outcompete co-occurring native species by expressing acquisitive functional traits that promote high photosynthetic capacity. However, it remains unclear whether these traits a...

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Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...

Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests and neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide Globally, grassy ecosystems (including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, woodlands, and tundra) cover 30 to 40% of the land and provide important benefits such as climate change mitigation and adaptat...

Nature conservation policies are biased toward forests and neglect grassy ecosystems worldwide | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecologically informed solar enables a sustainable energy transition in US croplands | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

In the Land of the Blind: The Statistical Competency Paradox in Ecological Research Click on the article title to read more.

My experience also...

Passionate statistical arguments typically occur between researchers whose expertise lies in other areas

The Statistical Competency Paradox in Ecology - Dettogni Guariento - Bull. Ecological Society of America - Wiley esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Stand density and local climate drive allocation of GPP to aboveground woody biomass The partitioning of photosynthate among various forest carbon pools is a key process regulating long-term carbon sequestration, with allocation to aboveground woody biomass carbon (AGBC) in particul...

Aboveground Biomass C was only ~9% of fixed carbon, was reduced by ~30% with drought & remained below average for years after. !!!

Stand density & local climate drive allocation of GPP to aboveground woody biomass - Kannenberg - New Phytologist- Wiley nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A Colorado Front Range grassland exhibits decreasing dominance of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) over time Causes, consequences, and potentials for recovery from invasions by the invasive annual grass, cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), in western North America have been extensively documented. The vast majori...

Shifts in the seasonality of precipitation, even subtle, are an unappreciated aspect of climate change.
Nice study...

A Colorado Front Range grassland exhibits decreasing dominance of cheatgrass (B tectorum) over time - Prevéy - 2025 - Ecosphere esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The growing threat of multiyear droughts Understanding and monitoring ecological responses is important as droughts last longer

"understanding of multiyear droughts is still lacking..."

Could not agree more...

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Selection‐mediated adaptive responses of native species to an invasive grass: Shade tolerance vs. shade avoidance Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

A well-written, nicely designed and clearly illustrated study. Not my field, but I admire the presentation.

Selection‐mediated adaptive responses of native species to an invasive grass: Shade tolerance vs shade avoidance - Stotz - Funct Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Precipitation anomalies may affect productivity resilience by shifting plant community properties By exploring the impacts of both drought and wet extremes, our work uncovers how precipitation events, which may not necessarily impact productivity directly, could still cryptically influence resili...

Another great example of the value of long-term data.

Precipitation anomalies cryptically influencing resilience

Precipitation anomalies may affect productivity resilience by shifting plant community properties - Perez - Journal of Ecology - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Aridity-dependent resistance but strong resilience of grassland ANPP to naturally occurring precipitation extremes Abstract. Increasing intensity and frequency of climate extremes under climate change are expected to affect rainfall-constrained ecosystems, particularly

13 sites...nice analysis... multiple lines of evidence are converging on 40% reductions in ANPP in response to extreme drought

Aridity-dependent resistance but strong resilience of grassland ANPP to naturally occurring precipitation extremes academic.oup.com/jpe/article/...

Legacy effects of precipitation change: Theories, dynamics, and applications The intensification of climate-induced precipitation change poses a dual challenge to terrestrial ecosystems: immediate effects on their structure and…

Nice review…

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A call for more coordinated research efforts to understand the ecological consequences of solar energy expansion

Network science can improve the sustainable development of solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2753...

Divergent resource‐use strategies of encroaching shrubs: Can traits predict encroachment success in tallgrass prairie? Our results show that shrub species encroaching in tallgrass prairie span a spectrum of growth forms and resource-use strategies. Two of the most abundant encroaching species fell at opposite ends of...

Nice work!

The most abundant species had opposing growth forms & resource-use strategies.

Divergent resource‐use strategies of encroaching shrubs: Can traits predict encroachment success in tallgrass prairie? - Wedel - J of Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

On average, the sensitivity of vegetation to daily rainfall variability is almost as large (95 per cent) as the sensitivity of vegetation to annual rainfall totals.

Solar power looms large over the snow leopards of Spiti In October, India surpassed 200 GW of renewable energy capacity, accounting for 46.3% of the country’s electricity generation. It marks a significant milestone, which pushes the world’s third-largest ...

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Solar arrays create novel environments that uniquely alter plant responses Globally, the combustion of fossil fuels represents the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions, and as such, a transition to renewable forms of energy provides the greatest potential for mitigatin...

New study led by Matt Sturchio.

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Home | Ecovoltaics Colorado Ecovoltaics Colorado - Our research group aims to find land use synergies for sustainable solar development that co-prioritizes energy generation and ecosystem services.

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Increasing Optimum Temperature of Vegetation Activity Over the Past Four Decades The optimum temperature (Topt) of global vegetation activity has increased rapidly, by 0.63 per decade over 1982–2020 The increase in Topt closely tracked the increase in air temperature, reveali...

Interesting research…

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Ecovoltaics in an increasingly water-limited world: An ecological perspective Ecovoltaics incorporates ecological principles into the design of solar arrays, enabling a more sustainable approach to renewable energy. While conceptually appealing, there are few examples detailing...

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Plant phenology predicts the stability of primary production in three ecosystems of the northern Chihuahuan Desert Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Great use of long-term data

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Integrating experiments and monitoring reveals extreme sensitivity of invasive winter annuals to precipitation In arid and semiarid systems of western North America, the most damaging invasive plants are winter annuals. These plants are destroying wildlife habitat, reducing livestock production, and increasin...

Nice work!

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