| Rubber plantations act as water pumps in tropical China | |
Tan, Zheng-Hong1,2; Zhang, Yi-Ping1,2; Song, Qing-Hai1,2,3; Liu, Wen-Jie1; Deng, Xiao-Bao1; Tang, Jian-Wei1; Deng, Yun1; Zhou, Wen-Jun1,2,3; Yang, Lian-Yan1,2,3; Yu, Gui-Rui4 ; Sun, Xiao-Min4; Liang, Nai-Shen5
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| 2011-12-31 | |
| Source Publication | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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| Volume | 38 |
| Abstract | Whether rubber plantations have the role of water pumps in tropical Southeast Asia is under active debate. Fifteen years (1994-2008) of paired catchments water observation data and one year paired eddy covariance water flux data in primary tropical rain forest and tropical rubber plantation was used to clarify how rubber plantation affects local water resources of Xishuangbanna, China. Both catchment water observations and direct eddy covariance estimates indicates that more water was evapotranspired from rubber plantation (1137 mm based on catchment water balance, 1125 mm based on eddy covariance) than from the rain forest (969 mm based on catchment water balance, 927 mm based on eddy covariance). Soil water storage during the rainy season is not sufficient to maintain such high evapotranspiration rates, resulting in zero flow and water shortages during the dry season in the rubber plantation. Therefore, this study supports the idea that rubber plantations act as water pumps as suggested by local inhabitants. Citation: Tan, Z.-H., et al. (2011), Rubber plantations act as water pumps in tropical China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L24406, doi: 10.1029/2011GL050006. |
| Subtype | Article |
| WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| WOS Subject Extended | Geology |
| WOS Keyword | DROUGHT |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS ID | WOS:000298760900008 |
| Publisher | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/68038 |
| Collection | 生态系统网络观测与模拟院重点实验室_生态系统综合研究中心 |
| Corresponding Author | Tan, Zheng-Hong |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Menglun 666303, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Global Change Ecol Grp, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Kunming, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Recourses Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 5.Natl Inst Environm Studies, Global Carbon Cycle Res Sect, Ctr Global Environm Res, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058506, Japan |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Tan, Zheng-Hong,Zhang, Yi-Ping,Song, Qing-Hai,et al. Rubber plantations act as water pumps in tropical China[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2011,38. |
| APA | Tan, Zheng-Hong.,Zhang, Yi-Ping.,Song, Qing-Hai.,Liu, Wen-Jie.,Deng, Xiao-Bao.,...&Liang, Nai-Shen.(2011).Rubber plantations act as water pumps in tropical China.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,38. |
| MLA | Tan, Zheng-Hong,et al."Rubber plantations act as water pumps in tropical China".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 38(2011). |
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