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Differing Trade-Off Patterns of Tree Vegetative Organs in a Tropical Cloud Forest

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Functional trait ecology demonstrates the significance of the leaf economics spectrum in understanding plants’ trade-off between acquisitive and conservative resource utilization.
Yuanyuan Yang, Yuanyuan Yang, Yuanyuan Yang, Chuchu Xiao, Chuchu Xiao, Chuchu Xiao, Xianming Wu, Wenxing Long, Wenxing Long, Guang Feng, Guang Feng, Guoying Liu, Guoying Liu   +12 more
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Rethinking the Plant Economics Spectrum for Annuals: A Multi-Species Study

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
The plant economics spectrum hypothesizes a correlation among resource-use related traits along one single axis, which determines species’ growth rates and their ecological filtering along resource gradients. This concept has been mostly investigated and
Susanne Kurze, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Mark C. Bilton, Mark C. Bilton, Katja Tielbörger, Leonor Álvarez-Cansino   +6 more
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Root Morphology and Biomass Allocation of 50 Annual Ephemeral Species in Relation to Two Soil Condition

Plants, 2022
Different organ morphologies determine the manner in which plants acquire resources, and the proportion of biomass of each organ is a critical driving force for organs to function in the future. Regrettably, we still lack a comprehensive understanding of
Taotao Wang, Lei Huang, Xuan Zhang, Mao Wang, Dunyan Tan   +4 more
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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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Dauciform roots affect the position of the neighboring plants on the economic spectrum in degraded alpine meadows

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Background and aimsSpecial root structures that can dissolve insoluble phosphorus locked in soil are supposed to contribute not only to the growing status of themselves but also to the neighbouring plants. However, whether dauciform roots have any effect on the neighbouring plants and how does it respond to meadow degradation had not been studied ...
Rong Fan, Yulin Huang, Wanting Liu, Songlin Jiang, Wenli Ji   +4 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
Abstract Quantifying 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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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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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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