Effects of stand age and inter-annual precipitation variability on fine root biomass in poplar plantations in the eastern coastal China

Biomass partitioning in response to intraspecific competition depends on nutrients and species characteristics: a study of 43 plant species

(2021) Finn Rehling et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Altered plant carbon partitioning enhanced forest ecosystem carbon storage after 25 years of nitrogen additions

(2021) Brooke A. Eastman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How tree species, tree size, and topographical location influenced tree transpiration in northern boreal forests during the historic 2018 drought

(2021) Jose Gutierrez Lopez et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Contrasting nutrient-mediated responses between surface and deep fine root biomass to N addition in poplar plantations on the east coast of China

(2021) Qinghong Geng et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree growth rate and soil nutrient status determine the shift in nutrient-use strategy of Chinese fir plantations along a chronosequence

(2020) Huili Wu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tamm Review: Deep fine roots in forest ecosystems: Why dig deeper?

(2020) Amandine Germon et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Chemical plasticity in the fine root construct of Quercus spp. varies with root order and drought

(2020) Vidya Suseela et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought responses of profile plant-available water and fine-root distributions in apple (Malus pumila Mill.) orchards in a loessial, semi-arid, hilly area of China

(2020) Xiaolin Song et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Soil fungi and fine root biomass mediate drought‐induced reductions in soil respiration

(2020) Guiyao Zhou et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting biomass allocation responses across ontogeny and stress gradients reveal plant adaptations to drought and cold

(2020) Jiri Dolezal et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Vertical fine-root distributions in five subalpine forest types shifts with soil properties across environmental gradients

(2020) Fang Lan Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Increase of soil nitrogen availability and recycling with stand age of Chinese-fir plantations

(2020) Qi Xia et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Growth dynamics of fast-growing tree species in mixed forestry and agroforestry plantations

(2020) Anaïs Thomas et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide

(2020) Chonghua Xu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil carbon and associated bacterial community shifts driven by fine root traits along a chronosequence of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) plantations in subtropical China

(2020) Chuanbao Yang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial distribution of root systems of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica trees with different ages in a semi-arid sandy region of Northeast China

(2020) Ting Zhang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Understory vegetation dynamics of Chinese fir plantations and natural secondary forests in subtropical China

(2020) Xiangping Su et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fine root biomass, production and turnover rates in plantations versus natural forests: effects of stand characteristics and soil properties

(2019) Huiying Cai et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Competition increased fine root biomass in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations in Subtropical China

(2019) Yingchun Liao et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Plants alter their vertical root distribution rather than biomass allocation in response to changing precipitation

(2019) Bingwei Zhang et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil Phosphorus Bioavailability and Recycling Increased with Stand Age in Chinese Fir Plantations

(2019) Huili Wu et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Distinct fine‐root responses to precipitation changes in herbaceous and woody plants: a meta‐analysis

(2019) Peng Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil respiration after six years of continuous drought stress in the tropical rainforest in Southwest China

(2019) Liguo Zhou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Tree height explains mortality risk during an intense drought

(2019) Atticus E. L. Stovall et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of long-term nitrogen addition and decreased precipitation on the fine root morphology and anatomy of the main tree species in a temperate forest

(2019) Xin Zhang et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Increased precipitation has stronger effects on plant production of an alpine meadow than does experimental warming in the Northern Tibetan Plateau

(2018) Gang Fu et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Seasonal water use patterns of rainfed jujube trees in stands of different ages under semiarid Plantations in China

(2018) Gaopeng Huo et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Rapid increases in fine root biomass and production following cessation of anthropogenic disturbances in degraded forests

(2018) Chun Feng et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration responds asymmetrically to drought in a subtropical forest in the Southeast China

(2018) Shide Huang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changing rainfall frequency rather than drought rapidly alters annual soil respiration in a tropical forest

(2018) Qi Deng et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root litter decomposition slows with soil depth

(2018) Caitlin E. Hicks Pries et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Vertical distribution of fine-root area in relation to stand age and environmental factors in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) forests of the Chinese Loess Plateau

(2018) Zhongdian Zhang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Triggers of tree mortality under drought

(2018) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Effects of precipitation change on fine root morphology and dynamics at a global scale: A meta-analysis

(2018) Xin Zhang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

A new exploration for accurately quantifying the effect of afforestation on soil moisture: A case study of artificial Robinia pseudoacacia in the Loess Plateau (China)

(2018) Guowei Nan et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Past and future carbon sequestration benefits of China’s grain for green program

(2017) Lei Deng et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal-temperate forest gradient

(2017) Ivika Ostonen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The fate of recently fixed carbon after drought release: towards unravelling C storage regulation in Tilia platyphyllos and Pinus sylvestris

(2017) Lucía Galiano et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Effects of experimental throughfall reduction and soil warming on fine root biomass and its decomposition in a warm temperate oak forest

(2017) Yanchun Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Understory fine roots are more ephemeral than those of trees in subtropical Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook) stands

(2016) Jinxue Huang et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Belowground carbon flux links biogeochemical cycles and resource-use efficiency at the global scale

(2016) Allison L. Gill et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level

(2016) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Scots pine fine roots adjust along a 2000-km latitudinal climatic gradient

(2016) Marcin Zadworny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-induced shoot dieback starts with massive root xylem embolism and variable depletion of nonstructural carbohydrates in seedlings of two tree species

(2016) Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tree Age Effects on Fine Root Biomass and Morphology over Chronosequences of Fagus sylvatica, Quercus robur and Alnus glutinosa Stands

(2016) Andrzej M. Jagodzinski et al.   PLoS One

Autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration of a poplar plantation chronosequence in northwest China

(2015) Meifang Yan et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Fine root dynamics of trees and understorey vegetation in a chronosequence of Betula platyphylla stands

(2015) Tao Sun et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Death from drought in tropical forests is triggered by hydraulics not carbon starvation

(2015) L. Rowland et al.   NATURE

Fine roots are the dominant source of recalcitrant plant litter in sugar maple-dominated northern hardwood forests

(2015) Mengxue Xia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil water and root distribution under jujube plantations in the semiarid Loess Plateau region, China

(2015) Xing Wang et al.   PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

Understory vegetation leads to changes in soil acidity and in microbial communities 27years after reforestation

(2015) Xiaoli Fu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Trait-specific responses of Scots pine to irrigation on a short vs long time scale

(2015) L. M. Feichtinger et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

How tree roots respond to drought

(2015) Ivano Brunner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

(2015) Amy C. Bennett et al.   Nature Plants

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

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

High carbon dioxide uptake by subtropical forest ecosystems in the East Asian monsoon region

(2014) Guirui Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanisms of plant competition for nutrients, water and light

(2013) Joseph M. Craine et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Regional scale patterns of fine root lifespan and turnover under current and future climate

(2013) M. Luke McCormack et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient - is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water-limited mature trees?

(2013) Dietrich Hertel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Depth of soil water uptake by tropical rainforest trees during dry periods: does tree dimension matter?

(2013) Clément Stahl et al.   OECOLOGIA

Erratum: Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2013) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

Water release through plant roots: new insights into its consequences at the plant and ecosystem level

(2012) Iván Prieto et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Roots, water, and nutrient acquisition: let's get physical

(2012) Nick Chapman et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Temporal dynamics of nonstructural carbohydrates and xylem growth in Pinus sylvestris exposed to drought

(2011) Walter Oberhuber et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Impact of precipitation dynamics on net ecosystem productivity

(2011) William Parton et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

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

(2009) Colleen M. Iversen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Changes in nitrogen resorption of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) with stand development

(2009) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL