Root competition: beyond resource depletion

By H. Schenk. 2006

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Effects of rooting volume and nutrient availability as an alternative explanation for root self/non‐self discrimination (2007, methodology): “In fact, Schenk (2006) showed that if soil volume is taken into account, the data from Maina et al .”
Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling (2013, background): “tremuloides, despite having similar rooting characteristics, still produced higher fine root biomass in mixture than their respective single-species-dominated stands by growing comparably more roots in deeper soil layers, suggesting that root growth was stimulated in a non-self neighbourhood (Schenk”
Do allelopathic compounds in invasive Solidago canadensis s.l. restrain the native European flora? (2008, background): “One alternative explanation for the establishment and spread of invasive plants in undisturbed communities is the release of novel (not experienced before in the invaded ecosystem) phytochemicals by the invader, such as allelopathic compounds that have phytotoxic or at least fitness-reducing effects”
Above‐ and below‐ground competition cues elicit independent responses (2007, background): “They contend that the observed increase in root biomass could be due to changes in pot size (Schenk 2006; Hess & de Kroon 2007), and demonstrate that much of the published data is consistent with this hypothesis.”
The distribution of below‐ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours (2013, background): “The distribution of below-ground plant traits with respect to environmental gradients remains mostly uninvestigated (Schenk 2006).”
Contrasting root behaviour in two grass species: a test of functionality in dynamic heterogeneous conditions (2011, background): “Plants respond to nutrients in a heterogeneous environment, by selectively placing roots into nutrient-rich soil patches (Hutchings and de Kroon 1994; Hodge 2004, 2006; Schenk 2006).”
Symmetric competition causes population oscillations in an individual-based model of forest dynamics (2008, background): “, the resource is equally partitioned between individuals independently of their size; Berntson and Wayne, 2000) or inversely asymmetric (i.e., smaller individuals consume a larger portion of resource than taller ones; Schenk, 2006).”
Games roots play: effects of soil volume and nutrients (2008, background): “However, Schenk (2006) proposed that the root ‘overproliferation’ observed in these and other studies (Gersani et al .”
Soil microbial communities alter allelopathic competition between Alliaria petiolata and a native species (2010, background): “Microbial mutualists may be targets of allelochemicals; several studies suggest that the allelochemicals of A. petiolata are toxic to both endo- and ectomycorrhizal fungi (Stinson et al. 2006; Wolfe et al. 2008).”
Tree and stand light use efficiencies over a full rotation of single- and mixed-species Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium plantations (2013, methodology): “If the direct beam fraction of PAR is unknown, as in this study, it is estimated using the equations of Spitters et al. (1986). For each grid point within the crown, the model calculates the sunlit and shaded fractions of leaf area and the flux density incident of each fraction.”
Heterogeneity influences spatial patterns and demographics in forest stands (2008, background): “For this asymmetric competition, it is the amount and spatial distribution of resource-acquiring organs, relative to the directionality of light resources, that confers a competitive advantage (Schenk 2006).”
Soil water partitioning contributes to species coexistence in tallgrass prairie (2007, unknown): “However, species may also exhibit multiple strategies, purportedly to reduce competition and facilitate resource acquisition (Schenk 2006).”
Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities (2018, background): “Schwinning and Weiner (1998) argued that, where a large plant is in competition with a small plant, the fraction of the small plant’s root zone affected by the resulting resource depletion is larger than the affected fraction of the root system of the large plant, (Figure 2d,e) suggesting the likeli”
Plant–soil feedbacks contribute to an intransitive competitive network that promotes both genetic and species diversity (2011, background): “However, recent research has shed light on the complexities of plant competitive strategies (Schenk 2006; Callaway & Howard 2007), suggesting that intransitive networks may be more common than has been appreciated.”
Challenging the tragedy of the commons in root competition: confounding effects of neighbour presence and substrate volume (2007, background): “2005; Schenk 2006; Hess & de Kroon 2007).”