Species‐ and community‐level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000‐year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

By R. Holdaway, Sarah J. Richardson, Ian A. DICKIE, D. Peltzer, David A. Coomes. 2011

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Soil Science

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Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level (2016, background): “Changes in the species composition of the community alter the quality of overall fine roots in the community (Zhang et al. 2008; Holdaway et al. 2011; Prieto et al. 2015), given that plant species differ strongly in the quantity and quality of fine roots (Comas & Eissenstat 2004; Kerkhoff et al.…”
EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANGIOSPERM ROOT TRAITS (2012, unknown): “…traits can vary widely (by a difference of an order of magnitude) among plant species across communities (temperate rainforest chronosequence: Holdaway et al. 2011) as well as within communities (temperate forest: Brundrett and Kendrick 1990; Pregitzer et al. 2002; Withington et al. 2006;…”
Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France (2012, background): “Recent studies (Freschet et al. 2010; Holdaway et al. 2011; Birouste et al. 2012) have empirically demonstrated that the trade-off pertaining to acquisition and conservation of resources can be extrapolated to other plant organs such as stems or roots, although other studies have revealed partially…”
The distribution of below‐ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours (2013, background): “Although below-ground niche partitioning is regarded as a fundamental factor explaining plant species coexistence (Hutchings, John & Wiljesinghe 2003; Silvertown 2004), few in situ ecological studies have evaluated the role of below-ground components structuring plant communities (Casper, Schenk & J”
Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long‐term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity (2012, background): “Similarly, Holdaway et al. (2011) showed that root traits shifted in a coordinated way for enhanced nutrient absorption and increased root longevity on low-fertility sites (i.e. relatively high specific root length (ratio of root length to root dry mass), high root tissue density, and low root…”
Root functional parameters along a land‐use gradient: evidence of a community‐level economics spectrum (2015, background): “understand general patterns of root trait responses to humaninduced land-use change gradients (Holdaway et al. 2011).”
Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient (2020, background): “For example, root branching density has been shown to decrease (Holdaway et al., 2011), but also (marginally) increase with soil P (Defrenne et al., 2019), and the degree of branching in nutrient patches may differ between species, depending on their nutritional needs and the degree of competition…”
Variation of first‐order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time (2013, unknown): “Indeed, recent studies have begun to show marked variation in roots for traits such as root branching architecture, morphology and chemistry (Comas & Eissenstat, 2009; Holdaway et al., 2011; Ostonen et al., 2011).”
The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto (2014, background): “…and high tissue longevity, which excel at tolerating low resources and/or suppressing resource supply to neighbours, are successful under low nutrient supply (Tilman 1987; Tilman & Wedin 1991; Aerts & Chapin 2000; Craine et al. 2002; Craine 2009; Holdaway et al. 2011; Mason et al. 2012).”
Functional correlations between specific leaf area and specific root length along a regional environmental gradient in Inner Mongolia grasslands (2016, methodology): “This suggests that SLA and SRL are not independent in the phylogenetic tree; hence, the SLA–SRL relationship may also be influenced by their phylogeny (Holdaway et al. 2011; Chen et al. 2013).”
Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils (2017, background): “A contrasting hypothesis, however, predicts thinner fine-roots on poor soils, because these roots grow fast and can more efficiently exploit the soil for resources (Eissenstat 1992; Ryser and Lambers 1995; Eissenstat and Yanai 1997; Ostonen et al. 2007b; Holdaway et al. 2011; Prieto et al. 2015).”
Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum (2016, background): “Species that have higher RBI may be able to proliferate into localized patches of nutrients in the soil, particularly when phosphorus (P) is limiting (Holdaway et al. 2011).”