The ecological role of climate extremes: current understanding and future prospects

By Melinda D. Smith. 2011

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change

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Intraspecific trait variability mediates the response of subalpine grassland communities to extreme drought events (2014, background): “Journal of Ecology © 2013 British Ecological Society response of communities to such droughts is a major challenge for predicting climate change effects on biodiversity (Smith 2011).”
Shifts in plant functional composition following long‐term drought in grasslands (2019, background): “Few studies, however, have assessed the response of both functional diversity and CWMs to climate extremes, which are rare by definition (Smith, 2011), and the corresponding effect on ecosystem functioning across space and time.”
Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review (2017, background): “It is evident that ECEs, especially large-scale events such as subcontinental-scale drought or heatwaves, can have profound effects on ecosystems [12].”
How tree roots respond to drought (2015, background): “Speciﬁcally, negative impacts on forest health associated with water limitation are major contributors to forest declines at a global level (Allen et al., 2010; Smith, 2011; Choat et al., 2012; Anderegg et al., 2013b).”
Subordinate plant species enhance community resistance against drought in semi‐natural grasslands (2013, background): “Journal of Ecology © 2013 British Ecological Society mountain grassland communities are expected to be greatly affected by drought events (Smith 2011a) with significant consequences for ecosystem functioning (Gilgen et al. 2010).”
Trait selection and community weighting are key to understanding ecosystem responses to changing precipitation regimes (2018, background): “Water availability in natural ecosystems is transient, depending on rainfall patterns and extreme events (i.e. drought), which are inherently rare and unpredictable (Smith, 2011).”
Heat stress and the fitness consequences of climate change for terrestrial ectotherms (2013, background): “The fitness consequences of temperature variation and extremes under climate change have not been fully explored (Smith 2011).”