植物如何为我们的星球供水：进展与必要性。

How plants water our planet: advances and imperatives.

机构信息

Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway; School of Environment Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia; Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor 16000, Indonesia.

出版信息

Trends Plant Sci. 2014 Apr;19(4):209-11. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.002.

DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.002

PMID:24698708

Abstract

Most life on land depends on water from rain, but much of the rain on land may also depend on life. Recent studies indicate that vegetation, especially tree cover, influences rain and rainfall patterns to a greater extent than is generally assumed. Here, I briefly highlight some of these findings to show that vegetation sciences will have an increasing role in understanding climate and its vulnerability to changes in land cover.

摘要

陆地上的大多数生命都依赖于雨水，但陆地上的许多雨水也可能依赖于生命。最近的研究表明，植被，特别是树木覆盖，对雨和降雨模式的影响比人们通常认为的要大得多。在这里，我简要地强调了其中的一些发现，以表明植被科学将在理解气候及其对土地覆盖变化的脆弱性方面发挥越来越重要的作用。