Gantsetseg Batdelger

What is it about? Numerous empirical analyses have revealed how net primary production responds to climate change and variability over time. However, linear approaches predominantly used in previous studies often generate a weak relationship between climate factors and productivity, which greatly limits our understanding of the mechanism associated with this fundamental ecological process. We demonstrated dryland sensitivity to climate change and variability by incorporating nonlinear dynamics.

Abstract Aridity, edaphic variables related to aridity, and livestock grazing are major drivers of plant community composition across dryland grasslands. With accounting these factors, little is known about differences in determinants and changing patterns along aridity gradients with different average of aridity.