Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1111/gcb.15075 |
Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century | |
John B. Bradford; Daniel R. Schlaepfer; William K. Lauenroth; Kyle A. Palmquist | |
2020-04-27 | |
发表期刊 | Global Change Biology
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出版年 | 2020 |
英文摘要 | Dryland ecosystems may be especially vulnerable to expected 21st century increases in temperature and aridity because they are tightly controlled by moisture availability. However, climate impact assessments in drylands are difficult because ecological dynamics are dictated by drought conditions that are difficult to define and complex to estimate from climate conditions alone. In addition, precipitation projections vary substantially among climate models, enhancing variation in overall trajectories for aridity. Here, we constrain this uncertainty by utilizing an ecosystem water balance model to quantify drought conditions with recognized ecological importance, and by identifying changes in ecological drought conditions that are robust among climate models, defined here as when >90% of models agree in the direction of change. Despite limited evidence for robust changes in precipitation, changes in ecological drought are robust over large portions of drylands in the United States and Canada. Our results suggest strong regional differences in long‐term drought trajectories, epitomized by chronic drought increases in southern areas, notably the Upper Gila Mountains and South‐Central Semi‐arid Prairies, and decreases in the north, particularly portions of the Temperate and West‐Central Semi‐arid Prairies. However, we also found that exposure to hot‐dry stress is increasing faster than mean annual temperature over most of these drylands, and those increases are greatest in northern areas. Robust shifts in seasonal drought are most apparent during the cool season; when soil water availability is projected to increase in northern regions and decrease in southern regions. The implications of these robust drought trajectories for ecosystems will vary geographically, and these results provide useful insights about the impact of climate change on these dryland ecosystems. More broadly, this approach of identifying robust changes in ecological drought may be useful for other assessments of climate impacts in drylands and provide a more rigorous foundation for making long‐term strategic resource management decisions. |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/248926 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | John B. Bradford,Daniel R. Schlaepfer,William K. Lauenroth,et al. Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century[J]. Global Change Biology,2020. |
APA | John B. Bradford,Daniel R. Schlaepfer,William K. Lauenroth,&Kyle A. Palmquist.(2020).Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century.Global Change Biology. |
MLA | John B. Bradford,et al."Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century".Global Change Biology (2020). |
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