Water-use efficiency of forest ecosystems in eastern China and its relations to climatic variables

New Phytologist

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 927-937

  Yu, Guirui ^a   Song, Xia ^a   Wang, Qiufeng ^a   Liu, Yunfen ^a   Guan, Dexin ^b   Yan, Junhua ^c   Sun, Xiaomin ^a   Zhang, Leiming ^a   Wen, Xuefa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

ChinaFLUX; Evapotranspiration (ET); Forest ecosystem; Gross primary productivity (GPP); North South Transect of Eastern China (NSTEC); Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MIXED FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE;

CARBON; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; SEASONS; TREES; WATER;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA; DINGHUSHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; JIANGXI; QIANYANZHOU; TIANCHI VOLCANO;

PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 38949180248     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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