Water use efficiency of China's terrestrial ecosystems and responses to drought

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liu, Yibo ^a,b   Xiao, Jingfeng ^a,c   Ju, Weimin ^b   Zhou, Yanlian ^b   Wang, Shaoqiang ^d   Wu, Xiaocui ^b  

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

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CHINA; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84941080317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13799     Document Type: Article

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