Effects of vegetation control on ecosystem water use efficiency within and among four grassland ecosystems in China

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1609-1619

  Hu, Zhongmin ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Fu, Yuling ^a   Sun, Xiaomin ^a   Li, Yingnian ^c   Shi, Peili ^a   Wang, Yanfen ^a   Zheng, Zemei ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; China FLUX; Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Leaf area index; Soil evaporation; Temperate grassland; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEPPE; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 44849104935     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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