Ecosystem level water use efficiency: A review

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1498-1507

  Hu, Zhong Min ^a,b   Yu, Gui Rui ^a   Wang, Qiu Feng ^a   Zhao, Feng Hua ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Eddy covariance; Evaportanspiration; Productivity; Soil evaporation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 64349113811     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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