Fine root longevity and biomass production in boreal peatlands

We measured the longevity and biomass of fine roots (d<0.5 mm) in 11 undrained and forestry-drained peatland sites in the southern and central Finland. We ...

Modelling fine root biomass of boreal tree stands using site and ...

Temperature sum correlated with fine root biomass in opposite ways in upland soils and in drained peatlands: fine root biomass increased with ...

The effect of drainage on fine‐root biomass, production, and ...

Information on the capacity of organic soils to capture and store carbon in old-growth forests in the hemiboreal forest zone is scarce and ...

(PDF) Estimating fine-root biomass and production of boreal and ...

Several studies attempted to relate fine-root biomass and production with various aboveground variables that can be measured more easily so that ...

Fine root longevity and below- and aboveground litter production in ...

As the understory vegetation in boreal forests contributes to almost 35% of the total fine root biomass (Finér et al., 2011), the high portion ...

Responses of fine-root biomass and production to drying depend on ...

Results and discussion: Both FRB and FRP varied widely both within and among the different types of boreal forested peatland. In FRB, the clearest differences ...

Fine Root Biomass, Production, Turnover Rates, and Nutrient ...

The mean fine root biomass in the boreal forest was 5.28 Mg ha, and the production of fine roots was 2.82 Mg ha yr, accounting for 32% of annual net primary ...

Unravelling the age of fine roots of temperate and boreal forests

The mean C age was calculated for the 14C values of the fine-root biomass samples, considering the distribution of the oldest and the youngest ...

Biomass Allocation, Foliar And Root Production in Boreal Drained ...

Keywords: downy birch; biomass allocation; above-ground biomass; stand age; tree diameter; forest peatland. Preprints.org is a free ...

Fine root morphological traits and production in coniferous- and ...

Abstract: Fine root production is one of the key elements of carbon (C) turnover in soil in afforested peatlands and forest lands with ...

Production and depth distribution of fine roots in a boreal open bog

(BG; only fine roots) production and biomass of vascular plants in g mr'.yr ... longevity of all plant parts (cf. Webber 1978). On but takes place ...

Changes in fine root biomass of Picea abies forests - Oxford Academic

We found that fine root biomass decreased significantly with latitudes. There was a biomass increase of 0.63 Mg ha−1 and 0.32 Mg ha−1 for fine roots <2 and <1 ...

Fine root longevity and below- and aboveground litter production in ...

Title: Fine root longevity and below- and aboveground litter production in a boreal Betula pendula ... biomass to determine the amount of fine root litter ...

Biomass and production of two vascular plants in a boreal ...

The biomass of C. rostrata was high (2290 g∙m−2), 78% of which was fine-root biomass. Even with a low turnover rate ...

A global budget for fine root biomass, surface area, and nutrient ...

Fine roots (≤2 mm in diameter) are the primary pathway for water and nutrient uptake by plants, the same role that leaves play for carbon and energy uptake.

Estimating fine-root production by tree species and understorey ...

Fine roots are inherently important belowground components and mediate significant carbon (C) fluxes in many ecosystem types. Globally, fine- ...

and deciduous-tree forests with drained and naturally wet nutrient ...

Abstract: Fine root production is one of the key elements of carbon (C) turnover in soil in afforested peatlands and forest lands with ...

Laiho, R et al. (2023): Fine-root biomass, fine-root ... - pangaea

We estimated fine-root biomass (FRB) and production (FRP) and their depth distribution and plant functional type (PFT) composition in four forested boreal ...

Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech ...

Data from pine stands supported the hypothesis that root biomass is higher in the temperate than in the boreal zone. The results indicated that ...

Improving models of fine root carbon stocks and fluxes in European ...

Average fine root biomass was 332 g/m2, and necromass 379 g/m2, for European forests where the average fine root production was 250 g m−2 year−1 ...