Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands - Berdugo, Miguel; Vidiella, Blai; Solé, Ricard V.; Maestre, Fernando T. (Functional ecology, 2022)
Keywords: abrupt shifts; Adaptation; Arid lands; Arid zones; Aridity; climate; Climate change; Collapse; crossing; Desertification; dry environmental conditions; dryland ecology; ecological mechanisms; Ecosystem structure; Ecosystems; nonlinear responses; Nutrient cycles; plant adaptation; Plant communities; Plants; positive feedbacks; probability; soil; Soil erosion; Structure-function relationships; Thresholds; Vegetation; Water shortages