Multiyear precipitation reduction strongly decreases carbon uptake over northern China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 881-896

  Yuan, Wenping ^a   Liu, Dan ^a   Dong, Wenjie ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^b   Zhou, Guangsheng ^c,d   Yu, Guirui ^e   Zhao, Tianbao ^f   Feng, Jinming ^a,f   Ma, Zhuguo ^f   Chen, Jiquan ^g   Chen, Yang ^a   Chen, Shiping ^d   Han, Shijie ^h   Huang, Jianping ⁱ   Li, Linghao ^d   Liu, Huizhi ^f   Liu, Shaoming ^a   Ma, Mingguo ^j   Wang, Yanfeng ^k   Xia, Jiangzhou ^a   Xu, Wenfang ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^l   Zhao, Xinquang ^m   Zhao, Liang ^m   more..

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

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

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

ⁱ LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^l Meteorological Bureau of Gansu   (China)

^m NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Carbon uptake; Drought; Northern China; Vegetation primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON CYCLE; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; ENERGY BUDGET; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA;

EID: 84902511561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002608     Document Type: Article

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