Document Type : ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Author

Vice-Professor of Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi,Yunnan , 653100, China

10.52293/WES.2.3.2426

Abstract

Describing spatial deviations in pasturage ecosystem water-utilization performance (ewup) would help our knowledge of how pasturage ecosystems' water responds to weather change. Nevertheless, complete knowledge of the spatial deviations of ewup in Inner Mongolia's temperate pasturage is yet to be get. We have analyzed the spatial patterns of ANPP and ewup along with a rainfall rise in the pasturage. The ANPP advanced exponentially with rising mean annual evapotranspiration (MAE). The ewup grew linearly by growing mean annual precipitation (MAP).

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