Response of Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency to Drought over China during 1982–2015: Spatiotemporal Variability and Resilience
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Sources
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Trend and Correlation Analysis
2.2.2. Resilience Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Spatial Distribution and Spatiotemporal Trends in Annual WUE over China
3.2. Effects of Drought on WUE in China during 1982–2015
3.3. Ecosystem Resilience to Drought in China
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Guo, L.; Sun, F.; Liu, W.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, H.; Cui, H.; Wang, H.; Zhang, J.; Du, B. Response of Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency to Drought over China during 1982–2015: Spatiotemporal Variability and Resilience. Forests 2019, 10, 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070598
Guo L, Sun F, Liu W, Zhang Y, Wang H, Cui H, Wang H, Zhang J, Du B. Response of Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency to Drought over China during 1982–2015: Spatiotemporal Variability and Resilience. Forests. 2019; 10(7):598. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070598
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuo, Limai, Fubao Sun, Wenbin Liu, Yongguang Zhang, Hong Wang, Huijuan Cui, Hongquan Wang, Jie Zhang, and Benxu Du. 2019. "Response of Ecosystem Water Use Efficiency to Drought over China during 1982–2015: Spatiotemporal Variability and Resilience" Forests 10, no. 7: 598. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070598