Spatial variability of water use efficiency in China's terrestrial ecosystems

• Published in: Global and planetary change Vol. 129; pp. 37 - 44
• Main Authors: Zhu, Xian-Jin, Yu, Gui-Rui, Wang, Qiu-Feng, Hu, Zhong-Min, Zheng, Han, Li, Sheng-Gong, Sun, Xiao-Min, Zhang, Yi-Ping, Yan, Jun-Hua, Wang, Hui-Min, Zhao, Feng-Hua, Zhang, Jun-Hui, Shi, Pei-Li, Li, Ying-Nian, Zhao, Liang, Zhang, Fa-Wei, Hao, Yan-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2015
• Subjects: air temperature; Altitude; Annual precipitation; Assessments; atmospheric precipitation; Budgeting; Carbon; China; ChinaFLUX; Ecosystems; eddy covariance; equations; hydrologic cycle; leaf area index; Mathematical analysis; photosynthesis; spatial pattern; terrestrial ecosystems; vertical variation; Water use; water use efficiency; China, People's Rep; China; water use efficiency; altitude; vertical variation; leaf area index; terrestrial ecosystems; eddy covariance; ChinaFLUX; spatial pattern

Water use efficiency (WUE) reflects the coupling of carbon and water cycles. Analyzing the spatial variability of WUE can improve our understanding on the interaction between carbon and water cycles at a large scale, which also provides a basis for improving the regional carbon budget assessment. Ba...