Growing recognition of the importance of climate extremes as drivers of contemporary and
future ecological dynamics has led to increasing interest in studying these locally and globally …

Loss of species caused by widespread stressors, such as drought and fragmentation, is likely
to be non‐random depending on species abundance in the community. We experimentally …

In contrast to pulses in resource availability following disturbance events, many of the most
pressing global changes, such as elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and …

Interannual variability in aboveground net primary production (ANPP) was assessed with
long-term (mean = 12 years) data from 11 Long Term Ecological Research sites across North …

Amplification of the hydrological cycle as a consequence of global warming is forecast to lead
to more extreme intra-annual precipitation regimes characterized by larger rainfall events …

Water availability limits plant growth and production in almost all terrestrial ecosystems 1 , 2
, 3 , 4 , 5 . However, biomes differ substantially in sensitivity of aboveground net primary …

It remains unclear whether biodiversity buffers ecosystems against climate extremes, which
are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide 1 . Early results suggested that the ecosystem …

Ecosystem responses to increased variability in rainfall, a prediction of general circulation
models, were assessed in native grassland by reducing storm frequency and increasing …

Abstract Changes in Earth's surface temperatures caused by anthropogenic emissions of
greenhouse gases are expected to affect global and regional precipitation regimes. …

Human alterations to nutrient cycles 1 , 2 and herbivore communities 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 are affecting
global biodiversity dramatically 2 . Ecological theory predicts these changes should be …