[{"author":[{"id":"cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6","last_name":"Fatichi","first_name":"Simone","full_name":"Fatichi, Simone"},{"full_name":"Paschalis, Athanasios","first_name":"Athanasios","last_name":"Paschalis"},{"first_name":"Sara","full_name":"Bonetti, Sara","last_name":"Bonetti"},{"last_name":"Manoli","full_name":"Manoli, Gabriele","first_name":"Gabriele"},{"last_name":"Pappas","first_name":"Christoforos","full_name":"Pappas, Christoforos"}],"publication":"Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x","edition":"2","page":"527-542","title":"Water use efficiency: A review of spatial and temporal variability","das_tickbox":"1","publication_identifier":{"isbn":["9780323951333"]},"scopus_import":"1","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x","date_updated":"2026-08-12T11:52:58Z","publisher":"Elsevier","volume":5,"editor":[{"first_name":"Michael J.","full_name":"Goss, Michael J.","last_name":"Goss"},{"last_name":"Oliver","full_name":"Oliver, Margaret","first_name":"Margaret"}],"year":"2023","citation":{"mla":"Fatichi, Simone, et al. “Water Use Efficiency: A Review of Spatial and Temporal Variability.” <i>Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment</i>, edited by Michael J. Goss and Margaret Oliver, 2nd ed., vol. 5, Elsevier, 2023, pp. 527–42, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x\">10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x</a>.","apa":"Fatichi, S., Paschalis, A., Bonetti, S., Manoli, G., &#38; Pappas, C. (2023). Water use efficiency: A review of spatial and temporal variability. In M. J. Goss &#38; M. Oliver (Eds.), <i>Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment</i> (2nd ed., Vol. 5, pp. 527–542). Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x\">https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x</a>","short":"S. Fatichi, A. Paschalis, S. Bonetti, G. Manoli, C. Pappas, in:, M.J. Goss, M. Oliver (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, 2nd ed., Elsevier, 2023, pp. 527–542.","chicago":"Fatichi, Simone, Athanasios Paschalis, Sara Bonetti, Gabriele Manoli, and Christoforos Pappas. “Water Use Efficiency: A Review of Spatial and Temporal Variability.” In <i>Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment</i>, edited by Michael J. Goss and Margaret Oliver, 2nd ed., 5:527–42. Elsevier, 2023. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x\">https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x</a>.","ista":"Fatichi S, Paschalis A, Bonetti S, Manoli G, Pappas C. 2023.Water use efficiency: A review of spatial and temporal variability. In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. vol. 5, 527–542.","ama":"Fatichi S, Paschalis A, Bonetti S, Manoli G, Pappas C. Water use efficiency: A review of spatial and temporal variability. In: Goss MJ, Oliver M, eds. <i>Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment</i>. Vol 5. 2nd ed. Elsevier; 2023:527-542. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x\">10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00166-x</a>","ieee":"S. Fatichi, A. Paschalis, S. Bonetti, G. Manoli, and C. Pappas, “Water use efficiency: A review of spatial and temporal variability,” in <i>Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment</i>, 2nd ed., vol. 5, M. J. Goss and M. Oliver, Eds. Elsevier, 2023, pp. 527–542."},"OA_place":"publisher","quality_controlled":"1","type":"book_chapter","_id":"22530","day":"14","date_created":"2026-07-27T12:30:24Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","intvolume":"         5","month":"08","OA_type":"closed access","date_published":"2023-08-14T00:00:00Z","abstract":[{"text":"Water Use Efficiency (WUE) expresses the trade-off between carbon assimilation (or subsequent carbon storage) and water release, two concurrent gas fluxes essential for plant functioning. Here, we review metrics that have been introduced to quantify WUE across spatial and temporal scales and corresponding observational methods. The physiological and environmental dependencies of WUE for crops and unmanaged ecosystems are discussed with a quantitative examination of observed and simulated WUE values. A constrained range of WUE across ecosystems and climates is highlighted. However, WUE increased considerably in the past century in response to growing atmospheric CO2 concentration and it will likely continue along the same trajectory in the near future.","lang":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","status":"public","article_processing_charge":"No","oa_version":"None","extern":"1","language":[{"iso":"eng"}]}]