Change in terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency over the last three decades

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2366-2378

  Huang, Mengtian ^a   Piao, Shilong ^a,b   Sun, Yan ^a   Ciais, Philippe ^c   Cheng, Lei ^d   Mao, Jiafu ^e   Poulter, Ben ^f   Shi, Xiaoying ^e   Zeng, Zhenzhong ^a   Wang, Yingping ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c DIF   (France)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2 enrichment; Nitrogen deposition; Process based model; Remote sensing; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REMOTE SENSING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AMAZONIA; EASTERN EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SIBERIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; WATER;

EID: 84928367102     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12873     Document Type: Article

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