Water utilization of natural and planted trees in the semiarid desert of Inner Mongolia, China

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-351

  Ohte, Nobuhito ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^a   Yoshikawa, Ken ^b   Sugimoto, Atsuko ^a   Matsuo, Naoko ^a   Kabeya, Naoki ^a   Wang, Linhe ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Inner Mongolia (China); Intrinsic water use efficiency; Natural and planted trees; Reforestation; Semiarid desert; Soil water; Stable isotopes; Water source; Water utilization; 13C; 18O; D

Indexed keywords

DESERT; REFORESTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ORDOSICA; FORMICIDAE; SABINA VULGARIS; SALIX; SALIX MATSUDANA;

EID: 0038377919     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0337:WUONAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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