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 …

Tree–grass coexistence in savannas revisited–insights from an examination of assumptions and mechanisms invoked in existing models

M Sankaran, J Ratnam, NP Hanan - Ecology letters, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Several explanations for the persistence of tree–grass mixtures in savannas have been
advanced thus far. In general, these either concentrate on competition‐based mechanisms …

Plant sizes and shapes above and belowground and their interactions with climate

SJ Tumber‐Dávila, HJ Schenk, E Du… - New …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although the above and belowground sizes and shapes of plants strongly influence plant
competition, community structure, and plant–environment interactions, plant sizes and …

[ספר][B] Plant roots

P Gregory - 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since about the age of ten, I have been fascinated by plants and their use for decoration as
flowers, and for food. Much of my pocket money as a child came from the sale of plants and …

Root competition: beyond resource depletion

HJ Schenk - Journal of Ecology, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Root competition is defined as a reduction in the availability of a soil resource to
roots that is caused by other roots. Resource availability to competitors can be affected …

Rhizoeconomics: carbon costs of phosphorus acquisition

JP Lynch, MD Ho, L Phosphorus - Plant and soil, 2005‏ - Springer
Plants display a wide array of physiological adaptations to low soil phosphorus availability.
Here we discuss metabolic and ecological costs associated with these strategies, focusing …

[ספר][B] The rhizosphere: biochemistry and organic substances at the soil-plant interface

R Pinton, Z Varanini, P Nannipieri - 2007‏ - taylorfrancis.com
In the rhizosphere, exudates from plants and microorganisms as well as stable soil organic
matter influence processes that can control plant growth, microbial infections, and nutrient …

[HTML][HTML] An individual-based process model to simulate landscape-scale forest ecosystem dynamics

R Seidl, W Rammer, RM Scheller, TA Spies - Ecological Modelling, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Forest ecosystem dynamics emerges from nonlinear interactions between adaptive biotic
agents (ie, individual trees) and their relationship with a spatially and temporally …

A modular concept of phenotypic plasticity in plants

H De Kroon, H Huber, JF Stuefer… - New …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Based on empirical evidence from the literature we propose that, in nature, phenotypic
plasticity in plants is usually expressed at a subindividual level. While reaction norms (ie the …

On soil moisture–vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland ecosystems

P D'Odorico, K Caylor, GS Okin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Soil moisture is the environmental variable synthesizing the effect of climate, soil, and
vegetation on the dynamics of water‐limited ecosystems. Unlike abiotic factors (eg, soil …