Quantification of intrinsic water use efficiency along a moisture gradient in Northeastern China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1311-1318

  Yu, Mei ^a,b   Xie, Yichun ^c   Zhang, Xinshi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FREQUENCIES; MOISTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAIN; VEGETATION;

MASS PRODUCTION; NORTHEAST CHINA TRANSECT (NECT); SEMIARID REGIONS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

WATER;

ALKALI; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BOTANY; CHINA; DEGRADATION; DRY MASS; ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; HABITAT DEGRADATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MICROCLIMATE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE C3; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE C4; PLANT INTRINSIC WATER USE EFFICIENCY; PLANT WATER USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VARIANCE; VEGETATION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS; RAIN; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIDA;

EID: 22944462998     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0352     Document Type: Article

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