Quantifying Fine-Root Decomposition: An Alternative to Buried Litterbags

By Mathew E. Dornbush, T. Isenhart, J. Raich. 2002

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Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species (2007, background): “Root decomposition studies from the tropics are scarce (Silver and Miya 2001), and the data that do exist may be inaccurate due to methodological bias (Dornbush et al. 2002).”
Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: linking belowground dynamics to fine-root function and structure (2011, background): “…litter bags allowed only microbial decay and resulted in disturbed rhizospheres, likely leading to underestimates of rates of root decomposition (Dornbush et al. 2002), especially for the vulnerable white first- and second-order roots (Pregitzer et al. 1997, Stevens et al. 2002, Withington et…”