Fig. 5From: Temporal dynamics of ecosystem, inherent, and underlying water use efficiencies of forests, grasslands, and croplands and their responses to climate changea, b Comparison of the response relationship between the trends of EWUE, IWUE and uWUE and trends of climate factors at the significant vs. non-significant sites. The marks above or below the bars indicate the significance of the regression: + indicates p < 0.1, * indicates p < 0.05, ** indicates p < 0.01, and *** indicates p < 0.001; c, d The relative importance of atmospheric CO2 concentration (Ca) and meteorological factors in influencing WUE at the significant and non-significant trend sites. The size of the circles represents the percentage of the variance that is explained by the independent variable, and the intensity of the color represents its importanceBack to article page