Quantitative assessments of water-use efficiency in Temperate Eurasian Steppe along an aridity gradient

• Yizhao Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Joint Innovation Center for Modern Forestry Studies, College of Biology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China

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• Jianlong Li ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jianlongli@gmail.com

  Affiliation School of Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China

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• Weimin Ju,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Institute for Earth System Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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• Honghua Ruan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Joint Innovation Center for Modern Forestry Studies, College of Biology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

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• Zhihao Qin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Institute of Agro-Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, PR China

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• Yiye Huang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China

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• Nasreen Jeelani,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China

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• José Padarian,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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• Pavel Propastin

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Geography, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Bioclimatology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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