Ongoing climate change is already warming and changing
Research gap analysis derived from 3 agriculture papers in our local library.
The gap
While ongoing climate change is already warming and changing rainfall patterns of drylands in many regions, little is known on how these changes may affect the hydrological behaviour of biocrust-covered soils.
Evidence profile
Stated in the cells research gap and abstract sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2017 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 63 times in total.
Research trend
Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Disentangling Climate and Edaphic Controls on Dryland Vegetation: Evidence from Five-Counties Agro-Ecological Gradient in Kenya (2026) · AgroEnvironmental Sustainability · doi
The lack of understanding of how climate change and soil quality interact to affect plant communities. - The need to study the combined effects of climate change and soil quality on plant communities in Kenyan drylands.
generalstated in cells research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: lack understanding climate change soil quality interact affect - Simulated climate change affects how biocrusts modulate water gains and desiccation dynamics after rainfall events (2017) · Ecohydrology · cited 39× · doi
While ongoing climate change is already warming and changing rainfall patterns of drylands in many regions, little is known on how these changes may affect the hydrological behaviour of biocrust-covered soils.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: ongoing climate change already warming changing rainfall patterns drylands regions little known changes affect hydrological - Water regulation by grasslands: A global meta‐analysis (2017) · Ecohydrology · cited 24× · doi
Our meta‐analysis was able to reveal average patterns and the influence of local climate and soil properties on eco‐hydrological responses to grasslands modifications and replacements, which have not been previously described.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: meta able reveal average patterns influence local climate soil properties hydrological responses grasslands modifications replacements
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