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June 14, 2026BioScience

Drought impacts on grassland vegetation: integrating ecological and social-ecological perspectives

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WLWentao LuoALAn LiTSTakehiro Sasaki

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Overview

Review integrates ecological impacts of drought on vegetation and implications for pastoral livelihoods.

Key Points

  • This review aims to synthesize the effects of drought on grassland vegetation and social-ecological systems.
  • Analysis of recent literature on drought effects on grasslands
  • Examination of plant traits, community composition, and ecological memory
  • Discussion of policy implications related to pastoral livelihoods
  • Drought reduces grassland productivity and stability, particularly through impacts on belowground traits.
  • Ecological memory influences subsequent vegetation responses following drought events.
  • Cumulative effects of recurrent droughts affect both ecological dynamics and pastoral livelihoods.

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Luo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2e46b3b1cc60ccdea8b5d7https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag082
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