Forest water-use efficiency: Effects of climate change and management on the coupling of carbon and water processes

Z Zhang, L Zhang, H Xu, IF Creed, JA Blanco… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Forests are essential in regulating global carbon and water cycles and are critical in
mitigating climate change. Water-use efficiency, defined by the ratio of plant productivity per …

Plant hormone interactions: innovative targets for crop breeding and management

S Wilkinson, GR Kudoyarova… - Journal of …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Here we highlight how both the root and shoot environment impact on whole plant hormone
balance, particularly under stresses such as soil drying, and relate hormone ratios and …

Responses of carbon and water use efficiencies to climate and land use changes in China's karst areas

B **ao, X Bai, C Zhao, Q Tan, Y Li, G Luo, L Wu… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
It is crucial to determine the factors affecting the carbon use efficiency (CUE) and water use
efficiency (WUE) of vegetation in ecosystems. However, the relationships between climate …

Yield and quality properties of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and their influencing factors in China

Y Feng, Y Shi, M Zhao, H Shen, L Xu, Y Luo… - European Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the most valuable perennial forage crop, and assessing its
yield and quality properties is essential to evaluate forage value of livestock production …

Water scaling of ecosystem carbon cycle feedback to climate warming

Q Quan, D Tian, Y Luo, F Zhang, TW Crowther… - Science …, 2019‏ - science.org
It has been well established by field experiments that warming stimulates either net
ecosystem carbon uptake or release, leading to negative or positive carbon cycle–climate …

The essential role of biodiversity in the key axes of ecosystem function

P Yan, M Fernández‐Martínez… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is essential for maintaining the terrestrial ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF).
Recent studies have revealed that the variations in terrestrial ecosystem functions are …

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

Y Liu, J **ao, W Ju, Y Zhou, S Wang, X Wu - Scientific reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
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 …

Change in terrestrial ecosystem water‐use efficiency over the last three decades

M Huang, S Piao, Y Sun, P Ciais, L Cheng… - Global Change …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Defined as the ratio between gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET),
ecosystem‐scale water‐use efficiency (EWUE) is an indicator of the adjustment of …

Vegetation restoration dominated the variation of water use efficiency in China

Y Xue, H Liang, B Zhang, C He - Journal of Hydrology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Implementation of numerous ecological restoration programs over the last two decades has
significantly increased vegetation coverage in China. However, the response of the coupled …

Biochar addition alleviate the negative effects of drought and salinity stress on soybean productivity and water use efficiency

Y Zhang, J Ding, H Wang, L Su, C Zhao - BMC Plant Biology, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Environmental stress is a crucial factor restricting plant growth as well as crop
productivity, thus influencing the agricultural sustainability. Biochar addition is proposed as …