Effects of Vegetation Phenology on Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency in a Semiarid Region of Northern China.

ABSTRACT: Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important ecosystem functional property for measuring coupled relationships of the carbon-water cycle. Both biotic and environmental factors significantly impact WUE in terrestrial ecosystems. Relationships between environmental factors and WUE have been well discussed in previous studies. Although the crucial role of vegetation phenology, a common indicator of climate-vegetation interactions, in regulating the WUE has been widely reported, the underlying mechanism has not yet to be fully elucidated. Here, we utilized multiple long-term remote sensing datasets to analyze the interannual changes in seasonal WUE, and discussed the potential associations between phenology and WUE in the Luanhe River basin, which is a typical semiarid region of China, from 1988

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289613 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature