Connectivity and Scale in Dryland Ecosystems

Connectivity and Scale in Dryland Ecosystems - Oxford Academic

Arid and semiarid ecosystems, sometimes summarized as “drylands,” occupy approximately 45 percent of terrestrial ecosystems and are expected to expand under ...

Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in ...

In dryland ecosystems, the redistribution of rainfall runoff from bare soil to vegetated patches is fundamentally important to plant survival and the ...

Hillslope to channel hydrologic connectivity in a dryland ecosystem

In this study, we used runoff measurements at multiple scales in a small (4.67 ha) mixed shrubland catchment of the Chihuahuan Desert to ...

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Connectivity measures across scales differentially influence dryland ...

The drivers of dryland degradation can lead to shifts in vegetation, such as woody plant encroachment into historic arid grasslands.

Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch-To-Hillslope Scale Relations in ...

In drylands, runoff during storms redistributes water and nutrients from bare soil areas to vegetated patches, subsidizing vegetation with additional ...

Bridging structural and functional hydrological connectivity in ...

Changes in hydrologic connectivity (Turnbull et al., 2008) may coincide with threshold-like changes from healthy to degraded states documented in drylands ...

Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in ...

This regulatory effect is particularly important in arid regions, where hydrological connectivity establishes and sustains dryland ecosystems by controlling the ...

Hydrologic connectivity and patch-to-hillslope scale relations ... - OSF

Hydrologic connectivity and patch-to-hillslope scale relations in dryland ecosystems,. currently under review at GRL. Further details about the ...

Connectivity in dryland landscapes: shifting concepts of spatial ...

Dryland ecosystems are often characterized by patchy vegetation and exposed soil. This structure enhances transport of soil resources and seeds through the.

Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in ...

Title: Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in Dryland Ecosystems. Journal Article · Wed May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Geophysical ...

Bridging structural and functional hydrological connectivity in ...

Bridging structural and functional hydrological connectivity in dryland ecosystems ; Authors: Octavia Crompton, Gabriel Katul, Dana Lapides, Sally E. Thompson.

Scale Hydrological and Sediment Connectivity over Grassland and ...

Quantifying connectivity patterns in dryland ecosystems is crucial for understanding how water and sediments flow across the landscape, ...

Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in ...

DOI:10.1029/2022GL101801; Corpus ID: 258901286. Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in Dryland Ecosystems.

Structure, Functions, and Interactions of Dryland Ecosystems

They play important roles in nutrient cycling, pollination, seed dispersal, and other ecosystem processes. The soil in dryland ecosystems is ...

Hydrologic Connectivity and Patch‐To‐Hillslope Scale Relations in ...

Hydrologic connectivity refers to the processes and thresholds leading to water transport across a landscape. In dryland ecosystems, runoff production is ...

Ecohydrological connectivity: A unifying framework for ... - Frontiers

As demonstrated by the case studies presented here, woody plant encroachment in dryland ecosystems does have profound ecohydrological consequences—at multiple ...

Connectivity Dynamics in Dryland Litter Cycles - Oxford Academic

Drylands (arid and semiarid ecosystems) cover nearly half of Earth's terrestrial surface, but biogeochemical pools and processes in these ...

Self-organization as a mechanism of resilience in dryland ecosystems

At the ecosystem scale, bare-soil connectivity increases runoff and therefore the potential losses of resources from the ecosystem; this reinforcing ...

Bridging structural and functional hydrological connectivity in ...

On dryland hillslopes, vegetation water availability is often subsidized by the redistribution of rainfall runoff from bare soil (sources) to vegetation ...