Carbon fluxes, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in China

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 182-183, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-90

  Xiao, Jingfeng ^a   Sun, Ge ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^c,d   Chen, Hui ^e   Chen, Shiping ^f   Dong, Gang ^g   Gao, Shenghua ^h   Guo, Haiqiang ⁱ   Guo, Jixun ^j   Han, Shijie ^k   Kato, Tomomichi ^l   Li, Yuelin ^m   Lin, Guanghui ⁿ   Lu, Weizhi ^e   Ma, Mingguo ^o   McNulty, Steven ^b   Shao, Changliang ^f   Wang, Xufeng ^o   Xie, Xiao ⁱ   Zhang, Xudong ^h   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^p   Zhao, Bin ⁱ   Zhou, Guangsheng ^f   Zhou, Jie ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^g SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

ⁱ FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^l JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^m SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

ⁿ TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^p BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Carbon sink; Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Synthesis; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; COASTAL WETLAND; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MANGROVE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESPIRATION; SALTMARSH; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

EID: 84884183711     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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