A new framework for evaluating the impacts of drought on net primary productivity of grassland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-172

  Lei, Tianjie ^a,b   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Li, Xiaohan ^a   Geng, Guangpo ^a   Shao, Changliang ^c   Zhou, Hongkui ^a   Wang, Qianfeng ^a   Liu, Leizhen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing framework; BIOME BGC; Drought impact; Grasslands; NPP; SPI

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSING FRAMEWORK; BIOME-BGC; GRASSLANDS; NPP; SPI;

DROUGHT;

INDICATOR;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; LONG TERM CARE; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; BIOMASS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

BIOMASS; CHINA; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84937437250     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.138     Document Type: Article

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