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cje ›› 2005, Vol. ›› Issue (4): 417-421.

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A review on the study of water use efficiency of tree species

XIONG Wei, WANG Yanhui, YU Pengtao   

  1. Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100091, China
  • Received:2004-03-16 Revised:2004-08-23 Online:2005-04-10

Abstract: How to use limited water resource to construct and restore forest vegetation effectively in arid and semi-arid region of China with the purpose of exerting multiple functions of forest ecosystem has become a new focus on the research of forest ecology,among which water use efficiency (WUE) of tree species is the core and key of related researches.In the paper,the connotation of water use efficiency (WUE) of tree species was discussed in details at leaf,individual and community scales,and the main measurement methods of WUE were reviewed and evaluated.Based on development of the study,trends of the research in the future were put forward,which could provide theory basement for vegetation construction and restoration in the regions.

Key words: Eucalypt plantation, Species diversity, Continuous cropping, Maintaining mechanism, Initial plant Diaspora

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