A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

GB De Deyn, JHC Cornelissen, RD Bardgett - Ecology letters, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Plant functional traits control a variety of terrestrial ecosystem processes, including soil
carbon storage which is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Plant traits regulate net …

[BOOK][B] Fundamentals of soil ecology

DC Coleman, MA Callaham, DA Crossley Jr - 2017 - books.google.com
Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and
ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater …

Land-plant ecology on the basis of functional traits

M Westoby, IJ Wright - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2006 - cell.com
The tissue traits and architectures of plant species are important for land-plant ecology in
two ways. First, they control ecosystem processes and define habitat and resources for other …

[BOOK][B] Plant roots: the hidden half

A Eshel, T Beeckman - 2013 - books.google.com
The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming

W Cheng, WJ Parton, MA Gonzalez‐Meler… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The rhizosphere priming effect (RPE) is a mechanism by which plants interact with soil
functions. The large impact of the RPE on soil organic matter decomposition rates (from 50 …

Ecological Lessons from Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) Experiments

RJ Norby, DR Zak - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments have provided novel insights into the
ecological mechanisms controlling the cycling and storage of carbon in terrestrial …

Why does metabolism scale with temperature?

A Clarke, KPP Fraser - Functional ecology, 2004 - JSTOR
At a fundamental level, all of ecology is underpinned by the laws of thermodynamics, the
conservation of matter and the general physical principles that dictate how gases and liquids …

Peatland warming strongly increases fine-root growth

A Malhotra, DJ Brice, J Childs… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Belowground climate change responses remain a key unknown in the Earth system. Plant
fine-root response is especially important to understand because fine roots respond quickly …

Understanding deep roots and their functions in ecosystems: an advocacy for more unconventional research

A Pierret, JL Maeght, C Clément, JP Montoroi… - Annals of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and
biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem services such as pedogenesis …