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The expanding role of deep roots during long‐term terrestrial ...


The expanding role of deep roots during long‐term terrestrial ...

Fine root distribution in the soil profile systematically shifted deeper in the soil profile during soil and ecosystem development across SAGA, ...

(PDF) The expanding role of deep roots during long‐term terrestrial ...

Synthesis. The expanding role of deep roots in this model system is tightly linked to phases of ecosystem development and relative nutrient ...

The expanding role of deep roots during long‐term terrestrial ... - OUCI

AbstractModels of ecosystem development and response to environmental variation must incorporate change in vertical soil space as well as over time.

Ancient Roots: The Hidden World of Deep-Time Forests Reveals a ...

They protect the environment against soil erosion and ensure vegetative propagation in many plants. Therefore, roots played a most critical role ...

Roots | The Huntington

Some plants have a taproot, which is a single main root that grows deep down. Smaller roots can grow out of the taproot. Other plants have fibrous roots that ...

Understanding deep roots and their functions in ecosystems

Background Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem ...

Plant roots: understanding structure and function in an ocean of ...

Understanding root structure and function and adaptation to the abiotic and biotic stresses encountered in field conditions is important for sustainable ...

Thirsty Roots: Identifying Plant Winners, Losers Under Changing ...

They also found that in intense precipitation circumstances, the root systems of shrubs and forbs moved in ways to increase their water uptake ...

Growing deep roots has opposing impacts on the transpiration of ...

Growing deep roots inhibits T when deep soil is dry, even if there is enough available water in shallow soil. Abstract. Both field observation ...

Deep Roots in Plants Driven by Soil Hydrology - Rutgers University

Moreover, the depth of plant roots, which varies between species and soil conditions, will play a key role in plants' adaptation to climate ...

Mapping the global distribution of deep roots in relation to climate ...

Global data sets of rooting depths, long-term means of monthly precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, and soil.

How to study deep roots-and why it matters. - Abstract - Europe PMC

Even though a distinct classification of "deep roots" is missing to date, deep roots provide important functions for individual plants such as nutrient and ...

Relevance of near-surface soil moisture vs. terrestrial water storage ...

Upland and lowland roots tend to be shallower, making vegetation more reliant on near-surface soil moisture, while roots go deeper in steep ...

The Potential of Deep Roots to Mitigate Impacts of Heatwaves and ...

Both the biophysical and economic modelling suggest that deep roots were advantageous in all climate scenarios at the long growing season site but provided no ...

The importance of deep roots in the carbon-climate feedback from ...

Roots can promote new carbon storage but also stimulate losses of old soil carbon. Here, deep roots are likely to be disproportionally important ...

(PDF) Understanding deep roots and their functions in ecosystems

Background Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem ...

Loss of deep roots limits biogenic agents of soil development that ...

At the Calhoun CZ Observatory in the USA's Southern Piedmont, we tested the hypothesis that deforestation-induced deep root losses reduce root- ...

Terrestrial Ecology - Environmental System Science Program

Uncertainties about how terrestrial ecosystems will function in a changing ... long-term soil C storage in ... Roots Dig Deep During Drought in Tropical Forests ...

Plant sizes and shapes above and belowground and their ...

Relative to plant size, rooting depths increase with aridity and seasonality, and the deepest roots are often found where there is evaporative demand during dry ...

Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth - PNAS

Deep roots enhance bedrock weathering, thus regulating the long-term carbon cycle. However, we know little about how deep roots go and why. Here, we present ...