Variation of first‐order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

By Weile Chen, Hui Zeng, D. Eissenstat, Dali Guo. 2013

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum (2016, background): “2011; Fort, Jouany & Cruz 2013), whereas others have not (Craine et al. 2005; Tjoelker et al. 2005; Markesteijn & Poorter 2009; Chen et al. 2013).”
Root functional parameters along a land‐use gradient: evidence of a community‐level economics spectrum (2015, background): “Recent studies also reported this lack of correlation between RNC and root morphology (Chen et al. 2013; Geng et al. 2014), in contrast to the general correlation found between specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf N concentration, suggesting a different N economy in these organs.”
Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine‐root trait variation (2017, background): “…at the global scale confirm and extend the patterns observed at finer scales, such as in studies comparing root traits of alpine herbaceous species from different altitudes (K€orner & Renhardt 1987) and from temperate versus tropical or subtropical woody species (Chen et al. 2013; Gu et al. 2014).”
Root nutrient concentration and biomass allocation are more plastic than morphological traits in response to nutrient limitation (2017, background): “…is a highly phylogenetically restrained trait (Kong et al. 2014), possibly due to the role of root cortex material in the interface between mycorrhizal symbionts and the host plant (Chen et al. 2013; Kembel and Cahill 2011; Kong et al. 2014; Pregitzer et al. 2002; Valverde-Barrantes et al. 2016).”
Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level (2016, background): “Moreover, RNC seems to be decoupled from root economics both at the species and at the community levels (Chen et al. 2013; Geng et al. 2014; Prieto et al. 2015; Valverde-Barrantes, Smemo & Blackwood 2015) and was also an important parameter controlling root decomposability in this study.”
Functional correlations between specific leaf area and specific root length along a regional environmental gradient in Inner Mongolia grasslands (2016, background): “The differentiation was mainly driven by the declining atmosphere CO2 that occurred in the Cretaceous (around 145–65 Ma; Osborne et al. 2004; Chen et al. 2013).”
Climate and soil nutrients differentially drive multidimensional fine root traits in ectomycorrhizal‐dominated alpine coniferous forests (2020, background): “Our study showed thinner roots (higher SRL) in ranges with lower precipitation (Figure 5), consistent with previous findings of thin roots usually being distributed in relatively drier and more seasonal climatic zones (Chen et al., 2013).”