Effects of nitrogen addition on ecosystem-level carbon fluxes and water use efficiency are more dependent on early growing season precipitation than on annual precipitation in a semi-arid meadow steppe
Wenzheng Song, Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Haiying Cui, Xuechen Yang, Mingcai Fan, Wei Sun
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceGrowing seasonWater-use efficiencyEcosystemSteppePrecipitationAridEdaphicEcosystem respirationPrimary productionEvapotranspirationAgronomyAtmospheric sciencesSoil waterEcologyBiologySoil scienceIrrigationGeographyMeteorologyGeologyPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology