Impacts of environmental factors on fine root lifespan

Variability in root production, phenology, and turnover rate among 12 temperate tree species

(2014) M. Luke McCormack et al.   ECOLOGY

Exploring tree species colonization potentials using a spatially explicit simulation model: implications for four oaks under climate change

(2013) Anantha M. Prasad et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine root turnover and litter production of Norway spruce in a long-term temperature and nutrient manipulation experiment

(2013) Jaana Leppälammi-Kujansuu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

On the persistence of Cenococcum geophilum ectomycorrhizas and its implications for forest carbon and nutrient cycles

(2013) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Foraging strategies in trees of different root morphology: the role of root lifespan

(2013) T. S. Adams et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span

(2012) Han Y. H. Chen et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Predicting yields of short-rotation hybrid poplar (Populusspp.) for the United States through model–data synthesis

(2012) Dan Wang et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Facilitating feedbacks between field measurements and ecosystem models

(2012) David S. LeBauer et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Interannual variability in responses of belowground net primary productivity (NPP) and NPP partitioning to long-term warming and clipping in a tallgrass prairie

(2012) Xia Xu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Root stress and nitrogen deposition: consequences and research priorities

(2012) Erica A. H. Smithwick et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

(2012) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionarily Stable Strategy Carbon Allocation to Foliage, Wood, and Fine Roots in Trees Competing for Light and Nitrogen: An Analytically Tractable, Individual-Based Model and Quantitative Comparisons to Data

(2011) Ray Dybzinski et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long-term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

(2011) John E. Drake et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Importance of root derived carbon for soil organic matter storage in a temperate old-growth beech forest – Evidence from C, N and 14C content

(2011) Cindy Tefs et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Failure to migrate: lack of tree range expansion in response to climate change

(2011) Kai Zhu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Can ectomycorrhizal colonization ofPinus resinosaroots affect their decomposition?

(2011) Roger T. Koide et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genotypic variation and phenotypic plasticity in the drought response of fine roots of European beech

(2011) I. C. Meier et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Theoretical evidence for the functional benefit of root cortical aerenchyma in soils with low phosphorus availability

(2010) Johannes A. Postma et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Fine Root Biomass, Production, Turnover Rates, and Nutrient Contents in Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Relation to Species, Climate, Fertility, and Stand Age: Literature Review and Meta-Analyses

(2010) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems

(2010) Kelly S. Ramirez et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil Fungi Respond More Strongly than Fine Roots to Elevated CO2 in a Model Regenerating Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystem

(2010) M. Luke McCormack et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Measuring and modeling the spectrum of fine-root turnover times in three forests using isotopes, minirhizotrons, and the Radix model

(2010) Julia B. Gaudinski et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Effect of soil temperature and soil water content on fine root turnover rate in a California mixed conifer ecosystem

(2010) Kuni Kitajima et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

ForCent model development and testing using the Enriched Background Isotope Study experiment

(2010) William J. Parton et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Ephemeral root modules in Fraxinus mandshurica

(2010) Mengxue Xia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Organic fertilization leads to increased peach root production and lifespan

(2010) E. Baldi et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Influence of Environmental Variability on Root Dynamics in Northern Forests

(2009) Brian W. Brassard et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Tree species fine-root demography parallels habitat specialization across a sandhill soil resource gradient

(2009) Javier F. Espeleta et al.   ECOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ameliorate temperature stress in thermophilic plants

(2009) Rebecca Bunn et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models

(2009) Nicholas J. Ostle et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mechanistic scaling of ecosystem function and dynamics in space and time: Ecosystem Demography model version 2

(2009) D. Medvigy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Increased tree carbon storage in response to nitrogen deposition in the US

(2009) R. Quinn Thomas et al.   Nature Geoscience

Digging deeper: fine-root responses to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in forested ecosystems

(2009) Colleen M. Iversen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhizae improves low temperature stress in maize via alterations in host water status and photosynthesis

(2009) Xian-Can Zhu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fine root dynamics in a loblolly pine forest are influenced by free-air-CO2-enrichment: a six-year-minirhizotron study

(2008) SETH G. PRITCHARD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2008) Dali Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of experimental soil frost on the fine-root system of mature Norway spruce

(2008) Dirk Gaul et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

CO2enrichment increases carbon and nitrogen input from fine roots in a deciduous forest

(2008) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Irreconcilable Differences: Fine-Root Life Spans and Soil Carbon Persistence

(2008) A. E. Strand et al.   SCIENCE

Plant nutrient-acquisition strategies change with soil age

(2008) H LAMBERS et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION