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OA_type: closed access
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: As an important part of global semi-arid grassland, adequately understanding
    how eco-hydrological processes in the Temperate Semi-Arid Grassland of China (TSGC)
    respond to environmental change over a century-long time scale is of critical
    importance to environmental change adaptation and mitigation policy in the semi-arid
    region. We investigated the dynamics and driving forces of key eco-hydrological
    variables (leaf area index (LAI), gross primary production (GPP), evapotranspiration
    (ET), water yield (WY), and water use efficiency (WUE)) of 8 typical locations
    within the TSGC during the period 1901–2016, using a well-tested mechanistic eco-hydrological
    model, seamlessly integrating land-surface energy balance, hydrological and carbon
    cycle, vegetation dynamics, and soil biogeochemistry. Results show that dominated
    by the elevated CO2, the annual LAI, GPP, and WUE increased significantly during
    1901–2016, indicating that the environmental conditions were conducive to vegetation
    growth. Warming conditions were a promoter of vegetation growth in sandy grassland
    but a suppressant in typical steppe due to water stress increase. For the same
    reason, ET of sandy grassland exhibited a significant increasing trend, in response
    to warming, while that of typical steppe had an insignificant decreasing trend,
    controlled by the precipitation decline. Warming and the vegetation growth acceleration
    due to the elevated CO2 negatively influenced WY, which showed a decreasing trend,
    especially in the sandy grassland, suggesting the reduction of available water
    resources. Overall, our results revealed that this region, especially sandy grassland,
    exhibited an “enhanced vegetation but decreased water yield” trend under environmental
    changes occurred in the past century.
article_number: '129235'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Xinxin
  full_name: Pang, Xinxin
  last_name: Pang
- first_name: Simone
  full_name: Fatichi, Simone
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  last_name: Fatichi
- first_name: Huimin
  full_name: Lei, Huimin
  last_name: Lei
- first_name: Zhentao
  full_name: Cong, Zhentao
  last_name: Cong
- first_name: Hanbo
  full_name: Yang, Hanbo
  last_name: Yang
- first_name: Limin
  full_name: Duan, Limin
  last_name: Duan
citation:
  ama: Pang X, Fatichi S, Lei H, Cong Z, Yang H, Duan L. Environmental changes promoted
    vegetation growth and reduced water yield over the temperate semi-arid grassland
    of China during 1901–2016. <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>. 2023;618. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235</a>
  apa: Pang, X., Fatichi, S., Lei, H., Cong, Z., Yang, H., &#38; Duan, L. (2023).
    Environmental changes promoted vegetation growth and reduced water yield over
    the temperate semi-arid grassland of China during 1901–2016. <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>.
    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235</a>
  chicago: Pang, Xinxin, Simone Fatichi, Huimin Lei, Zhentao Cong, Hanbo Yang, and
    Limin Duan. “Environmental Changes Promoted Vegetation Growth and Reduced Water
    Yield over the Temperate Semi-Arid Grassland of China during 1901–2016.” <i>Journal
    of Hydrology</i>. Elsevier, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235</a>.
  ieee: X. Pang, S. Fatichi, H. Lei, Z. Cong, H. Yang, and L. Duan, “Environmental
    changes promoted vegetation growth and reduced water yield over the temperate
    semi-arid grassland of China during 1901–2016,” <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>, vol.
    618. Elsevier, 2023.
  ista: Pang X, Fatichi S, Lei H, Cong Z, Yang H, Duan L. 2023. Environmental changes
    promoted vegetation growth and reduced water yield over the temperate semi-arid
    grassland of China during 1901–2016. Journal of Hydrology. 618, 129235.
  mla: Pang, Xinxin, et al. “Environmental Changes Promoted Vegetation Growth and
    Reduced Water Yield over the Temperate Semi-Arid Grassland of China during 1901–2016.”
    <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>, vol. 618, 129235, Elsevier, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235</a>.
  short: X. Pang, S. Fatichi, H. Lei, Z. Cong, H. Yang, L. Duan, Journal of Hydrology
    618 (2023).
das_tickbox: '1'
date_created: 2026-07-27T12:30:23Z
date_published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-07-30T11:01:14Z
day: '01'
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235
extern: '1'
fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129235
intvolume: '       618'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '03'
oa_version: None
publication: Journal of Hydrology
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1879-2707
  issn:
  - 0022-1694
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Environmental changes promoted vegetation growth and reduced water yield over
  the temperate semi-arid grassland of China during 1901–2016
type: journal_article
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volume: 618
year: '2023'
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