Quantifying the contributions of agricultural oasis expansion, management practices and climate change to net primary production and evapotranspiration in croplands in arid northwest China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-41

  Bai, J ^a   Chen, X ^a   Li, L ^a   Luo, G ^a   Yu, Q ^b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural oasis; Biome BGC model; Carbon cycle; Human activities; Water shortage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOME; BIOMETRY; CARBON BUDGET; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OASIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS;

CHINA;

EID: 84886631640     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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