Productivity and evapotranspiration of two contrasting semiarid ecosystems following the 2011 global carbon land sink anomaly

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-159

  Cleverly, James ^a   Eamus, Derek ^a   Van Gorsel, Eva ^b   Chen, Chao ^a,b   Rumman, Rizwana ^a   Luo, Qunying ^a   Coupe, Natalia Restrepo ^a   Li, Longhui ^a   Kljun, Natascha ^c   Faux, Ralph ^a   Yu, Qiang ^a   Huete, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia woodland; Corymbia savanna; Evapotranspiration; Global 2011 land sink anomaly; Net ecosystem productivity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA;

EID: 84955580067     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.01.086     Document Type: Article

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