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Session Proposal: Advances in ecohydrology of water-stressed environments (AGU25)

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Advances in ecohydrology of water-stressed environments

Session ID#: 247634

Session Description:
Water is fundamental to sustaining ecosystem functions in water-stressed environments, which cover 40% of the terrestrial land surface and support at least 2 billion people. In these environments, a tight coupling exists between water availability, ecosystem productivity, surface energy balance, and biogeochemical cycles. Both physical (e.g., CO₂, temperature) and anthropogenic factors (e.g., agricultural expansion, irrigation, energy development) are increasingly affecting dryland water dynamics. We welcome submissions focusing on the ecohydrological processes and feedbacks in water-stressed environments and their implications for a broad range of issues, including ecosystem change, land use change, water resources, desertification, soil salinization, irrigation management, and the food-energy-water nexus.
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1809 Desertification [HYDROLOGY]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1818 Evapotranspiration [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Convener:  Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
 
Combining agro-hydrology and spatial statistics to explore water-food-conflict dynamics in water-scarce contexts. (Invited) (1861441)
Nikolas Galli1, Ilenia Epifani2, Jampel Dell'Angelo3, Martina Sardo1, Davide Danilo Chiarelli1, Paolo D'Odorico4 and Maria Cristina Rulli1, (1)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Milano, Italy, (2)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mathematics, Milano, Italy, (3)Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (4)University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
Phytoremediation-based Salinity Management in Water-limited Agroecosystems (1870363)
Anuradha Garg and Saverio Perri, University of California Riverside, Environmental Sciences, Riverside, United States
 
Modelling Tree Groundwater Use in Water-stressed Landscapes: Advancing Ecohydrology for Sustainable Water Management (1871233)
Tanya Doody, CSIRO, Adelaide, SA, Australia and Sicong Gao, CSIRO, Environment, Adelaide, SA, Australia
 
Divergent Water Controls on Vegetation Productivity Across Drylands of the Continental United States Using NEON Observations (1879771)
Tiantian Hua, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, UNITED STATES, Mengyun Sun, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, United States and Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
 
Demystifying δ2H offsets between plants and source waters (1880971)
Yue Li, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States, Stephen P Good, Oregon State University, Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, United States and Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
 
Divergent Impacts of Dew on Productivity and Evapotranspiration Across U.S. Ecosystems Using NEON Data (1882600)
Mengyun Sun, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, United States, Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States, Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States, Max B Berkelhammer, University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chicago, United States and Wenzhe Jiao, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, College Station, United States
 
Effects of natural forests and planted forests on soil water processes and storage after long-term vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau, China (1882917)
Tianjiao Feng1, Ping Wang1 and Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD2, (1)Beijing Forestry University, School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing, China, (2)Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
 
Altered Precipitation Amount and Seasonality Reduce Productivity and Change Community Structure in two Semi-arid Grasslands (1884449)
Scott L Collins, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Timothy J Ohlert, Colorado State University, Department of Biology, Fort Collins, United States, Mariah Patton, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, United States, Melinda Dianne Smith, Colorado State University, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Alan Knapp, Colorado State University, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, United States, Jennifer Rudgers, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States, Lin Song, College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Wentao Luo, 1Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China and Renée F Brown, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, United States
 
Spatiotemporal variability of abrupt vegetation shifts and their relationships with rainfall changes across African drylands (1884839)
Na Qiao1, Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD1, Feng Li2 and Yue Li1, (1)Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States, (2)Independent Researcher, Indianapolis, United States
 
Soil Erosion Assessment Under Changing Climate Using CMIP6 GCMs Integrated with SWAT (1906881)
Preetam Choudhary, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Karnataka, India, Niharika ., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India and Adani Azhoni, National Institute of Technology Manipur, Department of Civil Engineering, Imphal, India
 
Vegetation water limitation mitigated by the CO2 physiological effect (1912105)
Ping Kang and Sha Zhou, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
 
Country-Wide Hyperresolution Ecohydrological Simulations for Climate Change Impact Assessment in Cyprus (1913197)
Athanasios Paschalis, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
 
Controls on Dryland Grassland Productivity (1926545)
Russell L Scott, USDA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, United States, Dr. Joel A Biederman, PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, William Kolby Smith, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, United States and Wen Zhang, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Global drought thresholds frequently trigger two-stage responses in ecosystem water-use efficiency (1939697)
Siwei Chen, Yue-ping Xu and Changmin Du, Zhejiang University, Institute of Water Science and Engineering, Hangzhou, China
 
Hydraulic Redistribution by Caragana korshinskii Alleviates Drought Stress in Understory Plants in the Mu Us Desert (1942297)
Liang Liu, Lei Yang and Binxu Zhao, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Impacts of Droughts on Vegetation Productivity and Recovery Mechanism in a Changing Climate (1948842)
Chengyun Wang1, Jie Chen1, Sung Ching Lee2, Xin Yu3, Shanlin Tong1 and Chong-Yu Xu4, (1)Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, (2)Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Integration, Jena, Germany, (3)Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Jena, Germany, (4)University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences and Hydrology, Oslo, Norway
 
Ecohydrological drivers of vegetation responses to water limitation (Invited) (1961749)
Bryn E. Morgan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, Ryoko Araki, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, United States and Kelly K Caylor, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography and Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, United States
 
Salinity-Induced Shifts in Soil Water Retention and Plant Water Availability in Arid Agricultural Soils (1963762)
Maya Burke1, Ganesh Khatei1, Robert S Van Pelt2 and Sujith Ravi1, (1)Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)USDA ARS, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research, Big Spring, United States
 
Interaction of Stream Channel Characteristics and Geology in Northern California Headwaters Watersheds: Geologic Dominance on Surface Water Appearance and Occurrence (1970826)
Justin Bissell1, Trent W Biggs2, Hugo Loaiciga3, Hilary K McMillan2 and Amy Frazier4, (1)San Diego State University, Geography, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States, (3)University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, United States, (4)University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, United States
 
Divergent Environmental Sensitivities of Grassland Structure and Function in Inner Mongolia (1990931)
Xiran Li, Yue Xu and Xing Liu, Central China Normal University, Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis & Simulation of Hubei Province, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan, China
 
Investigating Native and Invasive Riparian Species Under Varying Environmental Stressors in the Arid Southwestern United States (2004229)
Amber Archie, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States, Rebecca Best, Northern Arizona University, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Flagstaff, United States and Liza Holeski, Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences, Flagstaff, United States
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