Impact of land management practices on tree water use strategy
and responses to drought in a dryland plantation
Running title: Tree water use in relation to land management practices
and droughts
Xiaodong Gao1,2, Hongchen Li3,
Xining Zhao1,2*
1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University,
Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, China
2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province,
China
3. College of Resources and Environment, Ludong university, Yantai
264065, Shandong Province, China.
*Corresponding author: Xining Zhao
(zxn@nwafu.edu.cn)