Which root traits determine nitrogen uptake by alpine plant species on the Tibetan Plateau?

Evolutionary divergences in root system morphology, allocation, and nitrogen uptake in species from high- versus low-fertility soils

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Fine-root responses to fertilization reveal multiple nutrient limitation in a lowland tropical forest

(2015) Nina Wurzburger et al.   ECOLOGY

Response of cotton root growth and yield to root restriction under various water and nitrogen regimes

(2015) Hong Hai Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

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

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root plasticity and its functional roles were triggered by water deficit but not by the resulting changes in the forms of soil N in rice

(2014) Thiem Thi Tran et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Spatiotemporal variations affect uptake of inorganic and organic nitrogen by dominant plant species in an alpine wetland

(2014) Jun-Qin Gao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nitrogen uptake over entire root systems of tree seedlings

(2014) B. J. Hawkins et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Preferences or plasticity in nitrogen acquisition by understorey palms in a tropical montane forest

(2013) Kelly M. Andersen et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Competition between roots and microorganisms for nitrogen: mechanisms and ecological relevance

(2013) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Gross Nitrification and Denitrification in Alpine Grassland Ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau

(2012) Xuyang Lu et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Net fluxes of ammonium and nitrate in association with H+ fluxes in fine roots of Populus popularis

(2012) Jie Luo et al.   PLANTA

Biomass Components and Environmental Controls in Ningxia Grasslands

(2012) Kai-bo WANG et al.   Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Root biomass distribution in alpine ecosystems of the northern Tibetan Plateau

(2011) Xiaojia Li et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

(2011) Robert J. Holdaway et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes in winter climate: soil frost, root injury, and fungal communities

(2011) Pamela H. Templer   PLANT AND SOIL

Short-term impacts of soil freeze-thaw cycles on roots and root-associated fungi of Holcus lanatus and Calluna vulgaris

(2011) Juergen Kreyling et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Niche complementarity due to plasticity in resource use: plant partitioning of chemical N forms

(2010) Isabel W. Ashton et al.   ECOLOGY

Dominant plant species shift their nitrogen uptake patterns in response to nutrient enrichment caused by a fungal fairy in an alpine meadow

(2010) Xingliang Xu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Trade-off between root nitrogen acquisition and shoot nitrogen utilization across 13 co-occurring pasture grass species

(2009) Vincent Maire et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Root size and nitrogen-uptake activity in two maize (Zea mays) inbred lines differing in nitrogen-use efficiency

(2009) Jinxin Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of soil freezing on fine roots in a northern hardwood forest

(2008) Natalie L. Cleavitt et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Nitrogen preferences and plant-soil feedbacks as influenced by neighbors in the alpine tundra

(2008) I. W. Ashton et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root traits and taxonomic affiliation of nine herbaceous species grown in glasshouse conditions

(2008) Catherine Roumet et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Uptake of pulse injected nitrogen by soil microbes and mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants in a species-diverse subarctic heath ecosystem

(2008) Louise C. Andresen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Do plant species with different growth strategies vary in their ability to compete with soil microbes for chemical forms of nitrogen?

(2007) Kathryn A. Harrison et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY