Shrub encroachment into grasslands affects species biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but its impact on herbaceous diseases and the role of climatic factors remain unclear. This study finds ...

The savanna (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Savannah," which is in the state of Georgia) describes an African region with grasslands and minimal tree densities. This wide-open landscape becomes a ...

However, the impacts varied significantly across different biomes. Warm, wet ecosystems like tropical and subtropical forests demonstrated remarkable resilience to these difficult conditions, whereas ...

“While temperate grasslands have been most affected in the past forty years, boreal and tropical forests appeared to withstand drought more effectively and even displayed paradoxical effects ...

Some of the worst drought effects appear in grassland areas — such as in eastern ... Droughts in certain biomes — or geographic areas of certain climates, vegetation and animals — had ...