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

Water use efficiency (WUE) measures the trade-off between carbon gain and water loss of terrestrial ecosystems, and better understanding its dynamics and controlling factors is essential for predicting ecosystem responses to climate change. We assessed the magnitude, spatial patterns, and trends of...

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Main Authors: Liu, Yibo, Xiao, Jingfeng, Ju, Weimin, Zhou, Yanlian, Wang, Shaoqiang, Wu, Xiaocui
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562296/