Dear colleagues, We would like bring to your attention our AGU session for the 2018 Fall meeting - "B060: Past, Present, Future of Water-limited Ecosystems: Local Trends to Global Impacts".
We expect to bring together a diverse group of researchers working with arid and semi-arid ecosystems in this session. Contributions from biogeosciences, ecohydrology including those working with fire, plant ecology and management are encouraged to submit abstracts. The abstract and link are included below. Thank you for your consideration! Abstract: Water-limited ecosystems, encompassing arid, semi-arid and sub-humid regions (also referred to as drylands), cover ~40% of the earth surface, host major centers of plant diversity, support over third of the global human population - mainly in the developing countries - and represent a major uncertainty in the global carbon cycle. Yet, drylands are in zones of transition that will be affected by future global change, including drought and land degradation, with unclear consequences on global carbon and water budgets, ecosystem services and sustainable livelihoods. In this session we seek to i) highlight advances in our understanding of hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological processes in water-limited environments; ii) investigate the response of drylands ecosystems to changing climate, elevated CO2, and different land use and management practices; and iii) provide perspectives on needs and directions for future research. Contributions from both modeling and experimental studies across a wide range of fields are welcome. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/47317 Conveners: Dr. Natasha Macbean, University of Arizona / Indiana University Dr. Istem Fer Polat , Boston University Dr. Yong Zhou, Yale University Shishir Basant, Texas A&M University
