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Evaluating differences in forest fragmentation and restoration between western natural forests and southeastern plantation forests in the United States

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Patterns and mechanisms of responses by soil microbial communities to nitrogen addition

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Carbon storage, net primary production, and net ecosystem production in four major temperate forest types in northeastern China

(2016) Huiying Cai et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of tree species on topsoil properties and nitrogen cycling in natural forest and tree plantations of northern Iran

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Forest conversion impacts on the fine and coarse root system, and soil organic matter in tropical lowlands of Sumatera (Indonesia)

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Effects of species diversity on fine root productivity in diverse ecosystems: a global meta-analysis

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(2016) Yunfeng Peng et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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(2015) Dunmei Lin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Quantifying above- and belowground biomass carbon loss with forest conversion in tropical lowlands of Sumatra (Indonesia)

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

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

Conversion of tropical lowland forest reduces nutrient return through litterfall, and alters nutrient use efficiency and seasonality of net primary production

(2015) Martyna M. Kotowska et al.   OECOLOGIA

Fine root interactions in subtropical mixed forests in China depend on tree species composition

(2015) Wenhua Xiang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Productivity as related to diversity and age in planted versus natural forests

(2014) Qinfeng Guo et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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Soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration over an age sequence of Pinus patula plantations in Zimbabwean Eastern Highlands

(2013) L. Mujuru et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling

(2013) Brian W. Brassard et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Carbon storage in a chronosequence of Chinese fir plantations in southern China

(2012) Guang-Shui Chen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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A global analysis of fine root production as affected by soil nitrogen and phosphorus

(2012) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fine root production and turnover in forest ecosystems in relation to stand and environmental characteristics

(2011) Leena Finér et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The effects of plantation practice on soil properties based on the comparison between natural and planted forests: a meta-analysis

(2011) Chengzhang Liao et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Stand age and fine root biomass, distribution and morphology in a Norway spruce chronosequence in southeast Norway

(2011) I. Borja et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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Factors causing variation in fine root biomass in forest ecosystems

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Dynamics of fine roots in five Chinese temperate forests

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Ecosystem Carbon Stock Influenced by Plantation Practice: Implications for Planting Forests as a Measure of Climate Change Mitigation

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Spatial and temporal effects of nitrogen addition on root life span ofLeymus chinensisin a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia

(2008) W.-M. Bai et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Grain yield, above-ground and root biomass of Al-tolerant and Al-sensitive wheat cultivars under different soil aluminum concentrations at field conditions

(2008) Susana R. Valle et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Variation of carbon storage by different reforestation types in the hilly red soil region of southern China

(2007) Hua Zheng et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT