Effects of spring drought on carbon sequestration, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in the songnen meadow steppe in northeast China

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-224

  Dong, Gang ^a   Guo, Jixun ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Sun, Ge ^c   Gao, Song ^a   Hu, Liangjun ^a   Wang, Yunlong ^d  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Meadow steppe; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Spring drought; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; MEADOW STEPPE; NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE; SPRING DROUGHT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPRING (SEASON); STEPPE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; MONGOLIA; NEI MONGGOL; SONGNEN PLAIN;

EID: 79953061425     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.200     Document Type: Article

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