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Lixin Wang is affiliated with Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial body of work covering areas such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, and Plant Science.

The core topics of Wang's research include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Climate Variability and Models, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Plant and Animal Studies.

Wang has contributed to numerous publications in respected journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth's Future
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Wang are:

  • "Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Dryland productivity under a changing climate," 2022, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future," 2021, published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "The historical and current research progress on jujube-a superfruit for the future," 2020, published in Horticulture Research
  • "Increased Global Vegetation Productivity Despite Rising Atmospheric Dryness Over the Last Two Decades," 2022, published in Earth's Future

Wang has a pattern of collaboration with several frequent co-authors. Notable collaborators include:

  • Wenzhe Jiao
  • Bojie Fu
  • Liangju Zhao
  • Matthew Lanning
  • Na Qiao

Best Publications

  • The increasing importance of atmospheric demand for ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

    Kimberly A. Novick;Darren L. Ficklin;Paul C. Stoy;Christopher A. Williams

  • Global Synthesis of Drought Effects on Maize and Wheat Production

    Stefani Daryanto;Lixin Wang;Pierre-André Jacinthe

  • Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

    Joseph M. Craine;E. N. J. Brookshire;Michael D. Cramer;Niles J. Hasselquist

  • Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades.

    Wenzhe Jiao;Lixin Wang;William K. Smith;Qing Chang

  • Revisiting the contribution of transpiration to global terrestrial evapotranspiration

    Zhongwang Wei;Kei Yoshimura;Lixin Wang;Diego G. Miralles;Diego G. Miralles

  • Global synthesis of vegetation control on evapotranspiration partitioning

    Lixin Wang;Stephen P. Good;Kelly K. Caylor

  • Quantitative synthesis on the ecosystem services of cover crops

    Stefani Daryanto;Bojie Fu;Lixin Wang;Pierre-André Jacinthe

  • Differentiating drought legacy effects on vegetation growth over the temperate Northern Hemisphere

    Xiuchen Wu;Hongyan Liu;Xiaoyan Li;Philippe Ciais

  • Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances

    Lixin Wang;Lixin Wang;P. D'Odorico;J. P. Evans;D. J. Eldridge

  • Global synthesis of the classifications, distributions, benefits and issues of terracing

    Wei Wei;Wei Wei;Die Chen;Lixin Wang;Stefani Daryanto

  • Dryland productivity under a changing climate

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  • High atmospheric demand for water can limit forest carbon uptake and transpiration as severely as dry soil

    Benjamin N. Sulman;Benjamin N. Sulman;D. Tyler Roman;D. Tyler Roman;Koong Yi;Lixin Wang

  • Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement in the receiver tube of direct steam generation with parabolic trough by inserting metal foams

    P. Wang;P. Wang;D.Y. Liu;C. Xu

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration across gradients of woody plant cover: Assessment of a stable isotope technique

    Lixin Wang;Kelly K. Caylor;Juan Camilo Villegas;Juan Camilo Villegas;Greg A. Barron-Gafford

  • Greenhouse gas emissions and crop yield in no-tillage systems: A meta-analysis

    Yawen Huang;Wei Ren;Lixin Wang;Dafeng Hui

  • Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future

    Wenzhe Jiao;Lixin Wang;Matthew F. McCabe

  • Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

  • Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Laurent Augusto

  • A new multi-sensor integrated index for drought monitoring

    Wenzhe Jiao;Chao Tian;Qing Chang;Kimberly A. Novick

  • Significant Difference in Hydrogen Isotope Composition Between Xylem and Tissue Water in Populus Euphratica.

    Liangju Zhao;Liangju Zhao;Lixin Wang;Lucas A. Cernusak;Xiaohong Liu

  • Response of ecosystem intrinsic water use efficiency and gross primary productivity to rising vapor pressure deficit

    Quan Zhang;Quan Zhang;Darren L Ficklin;Stefano Manzoni;Lixin Wang

  • Constrained preferences in nitrogen uptake across plant species and environments

    Lixin Wang;Stephen A. Macko

  • Data from: Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-André Jacinthe
Pierre-André Jacinthe Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Paolo D'Odorico
Paolo D'Odorico University of California, Berkeley
Stephen A. Macko
Stephen A. Macko University of Virginia
Matthew F. McCabe
Matthew F. McCabe King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Wenwu Zhao
Wenwu Zhao Beijing Normal University
Kelly K. Caylor
Kelly K. Caylor University of California, Santa Barbara
Bojie Fu
Bojie Fu Peking University
Didier Merlin
Didier Merlin Georgia State University
Kimberly A. Novick
Kimberly A. Novick Indiana University
Shanthi V. Sitaraman
Shanthi V. Sitaraman Emory University

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