Global synthesis of vegetation control on evapotranspiration partitioning

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 41; no. 19; pp. 6753 - 6757
• Main Authors: Wang, Lixin, Good, Stephen P., Caylor, Kelly K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 16.10.2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Area; Components; evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Geophysics; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrological cycle; Hydrology; Identification; LAI; Leaf area; Leaf area index; Leaves; Nonlinearity; Oysters; partition; Partitioning; Plant control; Ratios; Seasons; soil texture; Synthesis; Time measurement; Time measurements; Transpiration; Variability; Vegetation; VPD

Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important component of the global hydrological cycle. However, to what extent transpiration ratios (T/ET) are controlled by vegetation and the mechanisms of global‐scale T/ET variations are not clear. We synthesized all the published papers that measured at least two of...