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SUBMITTER: Schlaepfer DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5290328 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schlaepfer Daniel R DR Bradford John B JB Lauenroth William K WK Munson Seth M SM Tietjen Britta B Hall Sonia A SA Wilson Scott D SD Duniway Michael C MC Jia Gensuo G Pyke David A DA Lkhagva Ariuntsetseg A Jamiyansharav Khishigbayar K
Nature communications 20170131
Drylands cover 40% of the global terrestrial surface and provide important ecosystem services. While drylands as a whole are expected to increase in extent and aridity in coming decades, temperature and precipitation forecasts vary by latitude and geographic region suggesting different trajectories for tropical, subtropical, and temperate drylands. Uncertainty in the future of tropical and subtropical drylands is well constrained, whereas soil moisture and ecological droughts, which drive vegeta ...[more]