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Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

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Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

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Plant litter chemistry and microbial priming regulate the accrual, composition and stability of soil carbon in invaded ecosystems

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Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

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Slow decomposition of very fine roots and some factors controlling the process: a 4-year experiment in four temperate tree species

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Further evidence for slow decomposition of very fine roots using two methods: litterbags and intact cores

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Slow decomposition and limited nitrogen release by lower order roots in eight Chinese temperate and subtropical trees

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Can ectomycorrhizal colonization ofPinus resinosaroots affect their decomposition?

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Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: linking belowground dynamics to fine-root function and structure

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Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis

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Slow decomposition of lower order roots: a key mechanism of root carbon and nutrient retention in the soil

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Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root anatomy, morphology, and longevity among root orders in Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

(2008) Luis R. Valenzuela-Estrada et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Endogenous and exogenous controls of root life span, mortality and nitrogen flux in a longleaf pine forest: root branch order predominates

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Anatomical traits associated with absorption and mycorrhizal colonization are linked to root branch order in twenty-three Chinese temperate tree species

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