Site characteristics and comparison of fine root lifetimes using...

Download Table | Site characteristics and comparison of fine root lifetimes using different methods from publication: Unravelling the age of fine roots of ...

Unravelling the age of fine roots of temperate and boreal forests

Quantifying turnover times of fine roots is crucial for modeling soil organic matter dynamics and constraining carbon cycle–climate feedbacks.

Fine-Root Traits Reveal Contrasting Ecological Strategies in ... - NCBI

Fine roots, commonly defined as <2 mm in diameter (Böhm, 1979), are the most physiologically active plant components of a root system. Shifts in ...

Linking fine root lifespan to root chemical and morphological traits ...

Plant roots have complex branching structures, that respond differently to soil resource changes (23) and with only the most distal roots (e.g., ...

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

Fine root biomass has been shown to correlate strongly and positively with the stand characteristics, mainly with basal area of forest stand ( ...

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate ...

We observed the fine root lifespan of 12 temperate tree species using minirhizotrons in a common garden and compared their median lifespans with ...

Biomass, Morphology, and Dynamics of the Fine Root System ...

The lifespan of fine roots, in particular of the smallest 1st and 2nd order rootlets, is short, in woody plants typically not more than a few ...

The role of fine‐root mass, specific root length and lifespan in tree ...

observed for the same species, and from the low fine-root biomass on our resource-rich study site (Cornelissen et al., 2012) compared to ...

Understanding Fine Root Dynamics: Key Insights and Methodologies

Fine Root Function ... Fine roots in perennials of similar diameter show different forms and functions. So, it is difficult to attribute a ...

Fine‐root functional trait responses to experimental warming: a ...

Furthermore, the positive effect of warming on fine-root biomass was strongest in deeper soil horizons and in colder and drier regions. Total ...

Age class distribution of fine roots estimated by counting the number...

Table 1 Site characteristics and comparison of fine root lifetimes... Fig. 3 ... fine root lifespan with environmental factors and other plant traits ...

Fine‐root decomposition characteristics of four typical shrubs in ...

Chemical analysis was performed to determine nutrient (C, N, P, and K) concentrations of fine‐root, and nutrient release rates were compared among fine‐roots ...

Fine Root Dynamics and Forest Production Across a Calcium ...

differences in fine root biomass among sites, with soil depth as the repeated measure. Analysis of variance procedures with Tukey's studentized.

Fine Root - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Some studies have confirmed that fine roots biomass varies widely in the O horizon, especially in the Oa layer (Fujimaki et al., 2004). For instance, the ...

The role of fine‐root mass, specific root length and lifespan in tree ...

Without considering their faster turnover, high-SRL roots and low fine-root mass resulted in the highest performance as predicted from the RES.

The morphological and chemical properties of fine roots respond to ...

This may be in part due to differences in the nutrient absorption and utilization of roots of different sizes. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) ...

A systematic review of studies on fine and coarse root traits ...

The analysis of fine and coarse roots' functional traits has the potential to reveal the performance of the root system, which is pivotal in tree growth, ...

Understory fine roots are more ephemeral than those of trees in ...

For understory fine roots, there was a significant between-stand difference in the fine-root frequency of root diameter at the time of emergence ...

Contrasting dynamics and trait controls in first-order root compared ...

However, other studies observed that neither initial C:N, N concentration, nor Ca concentration were correlated with fine root decomposition ...

Measuring fine root turnover in forest ecosystems - Aspen FACE

In comparison to the minirhizotron method, the radio carbon technique favor larger fine roots that are less dynamics. We need to reconcile and improve both ...