"Droughts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Prolonged dry periods in natural climate cycle. They are slow-onset phenomena caused by rainfall deficit combined with other predisposing factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D055864
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.175.781 G16.500.750.775.154
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Droughts" by people in Profiles.
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Seasonal stabilization effects slowed the greening of the Northern Hemisphere over the last two decades. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 08; 16(1):6287.
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Limited Regulation of Canopy Water Use Efficiency by Stomatal Behavior Under Drought Propagation. Glob Chang Biol. 2025 Jul; 31(7):e70381.
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The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems. Plant Cell Environ. 2024 Sep; 47(9):3561-3589.
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Litter nitrogen concentration changes mediate effects of drought and plant species richness on litter decomposition. Oecologia. 2022 Feb; 198(2):507-518.
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Transcriptional acclimation and spatial differentiation characterize drought response by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus pungens. New Phytol. 2022 06; 234(6):1910-1913.
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Developmental and biophysical determinants of grass leaf size worldwide. Nature. 2021 04; 592(7853):242-247.
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Nutrients mitigate the impacts of extreme drought on plant invasions. Ecology. 2020 04; 101(4):e02980.
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Host-mediated microbiome engineering (HMME) of drought tolerance in the wheat rhizosphere. PLoS One. 2019; 14(12):e0225933.
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Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought. Nature. 2018 09; 561(7724):538-541.
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Compositional shifts in root-associated bacterial and archaeal microbiota track the plant life cycle in field-grown rice. PLoS Biol. 2018 02; 16(2):e2003862.