Concepedia

Precipitation Use Efficiency

Precipitation Use Efficiency is a biogeochemical metric that quantifies the amount of biomass produced or carbon assimilated per unit of precipitation, distinguishing it from other water-use efficiency measures by specifically linking ecosystem productivity to rainfall input.

104

Publications

7.2K

Citations

393

Authors

192

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

46

Variants

Pue

Parents

Publications

104

Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency

Travis E. Huxman, Melinda D. Smith, Philip A. Fay et al. · Nature · 2004 · 1.2K citations

, , +7

Managing Soils to Achieve Greater Water Use Efficiency

Jerry L. Hatfield, Thomas J. Sauer, John H. Prueger · Agronomy Journal · 2001 · 588 citations

, , +17

Rain use efficiency: a unifying concept in arid-land ecology

Journal of Arid Environments · 1984 · 467 citations

, , +14

Grassland Precipitation-Use Efficiency Varies Across a Resource Gradient

William K. Lauenroth, Ingrid C. Burke, Osvaldo E. Sala · Ecosystems · 1999 · 317 citations

, , +12

Precipitation Use Efficiency as Affected by Cropping and Tillage Systems

G. A. Peterson, Alan J. Schlegel, D. L. Tanaka et al. · jpa · 1996 · 272 citations

, , +17

1–5 of 104

Authors

393

  1. JS
    Jian Sun

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    4 publications · 158 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. DL
    D. L. Tanaka

    Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, United States

    4 publications · 451 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. ZJ
    Zhikuan Jia

    Northwest A&F University, China

    3 publications · 100 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. PP
    Paulo Pereira

    University of Coimbra, Portugal

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. AM
    A. McR. Holm

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 123 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 393

Institutions

192

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    63 publications

    2K citations

  2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    48 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Northwest A&F University

    Yangling, China

    7 h-index

    34 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Agricultural Plant Physiology and Ecology Research Institute

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    439 citations

1–8 of 192

Venues

  1. Agronomy Journal

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

    7

    h-index

  2. Agricultural Water Management

    4 publications · 253 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    4 publications · 444 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. Ecosystems

    3 publications · 423 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Scientific Reports

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5