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Root Functional Trait and Soil Microbial Coordination: Implications for Soil Respiration in Riparian Agroecosystems

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Predicting respiration from roots and soil microbes is important in agricultural landscapes where net flux of carbon from the soil to the atmosphere is of large concern.
Kira A. Borden, Kira A. Borden, Kira A. Borden, Tolulope G. Mafa-Attoye, Kari E. Dunfield, Naresh V. Thevathasan, Andrew M. Gordon, Marney E. Isaac   +7 more
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Evidence of Differences in Covariation Among Root Traits Across Plant Growth Forms, Mycorrhizal Types, and Biomes

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Fine roots play an important role in plant ecological strategies, adaptation to environmental constraints, and ecosystem functions. Covariation among root traits influence the physiological and ecological processes of plants and ecosystems.
Nannan An, Nannan An, Nan Lu, Nan Lu, Bojie Fu, Bojie Fu, Bojie Fu, Weiliang Chen, Maierdang Keyimu, Mengyu Wang, Mengyu Wang   +10 more
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Coordinated variation in root and leaf functional traits of Hippophae rhamnoides treated at different stump heights in feldspathic sandstone areas of Inner Mongolia

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
This study was aimed to clarify the effects of stumping on root and leaf traits as well as the tradeoffs and synergies of decaying Hippophae rhamnoides in feldspathic sandstone areas, and to select the optimal stump height that contributed to the ...
Lu Liu, Yuefeng Guo, Xiaoyu Liu, Yunfeng Yao, Wei Qi   +4 more
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Root structure–function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy [PDF]

New Phytologist, 2016
Summary Although fine roots are important components of the global carbon cycle, there is limited understanding of root structure–function relationships among species. We determined whether root respiration rate and decomposability, two key processes driving carbon cycling but always studied separately, varied with root morphological and chemical ...
Roumet, Catherine, Birouste, Marine, Picon-Cochard, Catherine, Ghestem, Murielle, Osman, Normaniza, Vrignon-Brenas, Sylvain, Cao, Kun-Fang, Stokes, Alexia   +7 more
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Leaf Nutrient Resorption Efficiency Aligns with the Leaf but Not Root Economic Spectrum in a Tropical Mangrove Forest. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Leaf nutrient resorption efficiency (NuRE) is critical for plant nutrient conservation, yet its relationship with leaf and root economic traits remains poorly understood in mangroves. We quantified nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption across ten mangrove species (five trees and five shrubs) in Hainan, China, and related NuRE to key leaf (leaf ...
Jiang D, Nie T, He Q, Xu Z, Chen HYH, Feng E, Peñuelas J.   +6 more
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Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum [PDF]

Journal of Ecology, 2016
Summary Root, stem and leaf traits are thought to be functionally coordinated to maximize the efficiency of acquiring and using limited resources. However, evidence is mixed for consistent whole‐plant trait coordination among woody plants, and we lack a clear understanding of the adaptive value of root traits along soil resource gradients.
Kris R. Kramer‐Walter, Peter J. Bellingham, Timothy R. Millar, Rob D. Smissen, Sarah J. Richardson, Daniel C. Laughlin   +5 more
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Root economics spectrum and construction costs in Mediterranean woody plants: the role of symbiotic associations and the environment [PDF]

Journal of Ecology, 2020
AbstractQuantifying the functional variation of fine root traits and their interactions with symbiotic organisms is an uprising research topic to understand the overarching trade-off between maximizing resource acquisition or conservation (root economics spectrum -RES-).
Enrique G. de la Riva, Iván Prieto, Teodoro Marañón, Ignacio M. Pérez‐Ramos, Manuel Olmo, Rafael Villar   +5 more
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Biomass, Morphology, and Dynamics of the Fine Root System Across a 3,000-M Elevation Gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Fine roots (≤2 mm) consume a large proportion of photosynthates and thus play a key role in the global carbon cycle, but our knowledge about fine root biomass, production, and turnover across environmental gradients is insufficient, especially in ...
Natalia Sierra Cornejo, Dietrich Hertel, Joscha N. Becker, Andreas Hemp, Christoph Leuschner   +4 more
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Mulching in lowland hay meadows drives an adaptive convergence of above- and below-ground traits reducing plasticity and improving biomass: A possible tool for enhancing phytoremediation

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
We aimed to understand the effect of mulching (i.e., cutting and leaving the crushed biomass to decompose in situ) on above- and below-ground plant functional traits and whether this practice may be a potential tool for enhancing the phytoremediation of ...
Michele Dalle Fratte, Antonio Montagnoli, Simone Anelli, Stefano Armiraglio, Peter Beatrice, Alex Ceriani, Elia Lipreri, Alessio Miali, Paolo Nastasio, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini   +9 more
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Persistence and cycles in the US Federal Funds rate [PDF]

, 2012
This paper uses long-range dependence techniques to analyse two important features of the US Federal Funds effective rate, namely its persistence and cyclical behaviour. It examines annual, monthly, bi-weekly and weekly data, from 1954 until 2010.
Caporale, GM, Gil-Alana, LA
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