COMPARISONS OF STRUCTURE AND LIFE SPAN IN ROOTS AND LEAVES AMONG TEMPERATE TREES

By Jennifer M. Withington, Peter B. Reich, J. Oleksyn, D. Eissenstat. 2006

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Above-ground standing biomass and tree species diversity in natural stands of Central Europe (2007, methodology): “Data employed for the analysis were taken from the literature (Stone & Kalisz 1991; Fober 1993; Kieliszewska-Rokicka 1993; Boratyński 1999; Crow 2005; Hobbie et al. 2006, Withington et al. 2006).”
Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine‐root trait variation (2017, background): “2016) but lower longevity (Tjoelker et al. 2005; Withington et al. 2006; McCormack et al. 2012), which is likely to be associated with higher rates of root proliferation and nutrient uptake (Bloom et al.”
The distribution of below‐ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours (2013, background): “In fact, they often express traits, particularly among woody plants, not necessarily correlated with leaf trait syndromes (Comas & Eissenstat 2004; Withington et al. 2006; McCormack et al. 2012), which has limited our understanding of the factors affecting root trait trade-offs.”
Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) (2007, background): “This conclusion is supported by fine root life span estimates using minirhizotron images of individual roots in a 30-year-old commongarden experiment with Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris, and Picea abies in central Poland (Withington et al., 2006).”
Elegance versus Speed: Examining the Competition between Conifer and Angiosperm Trees (2012, background): “In a comparison of 11 North American species, root life span was found to be negatively correlated with root nitrogen-to- carbon ratios, but conifer and angiosperm species were indistinguishable (Withington et al. 2006).”
Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species (2012, background): “traits do not consistently correlate with leaf structural traits across boreal, arid and temperate ecosystems, especially when both herbaceous and woody species are included (Reich et al. 1998a; Craine & Lee 2003; Craine et al. 2005; Tjoelker et al. 2005; Withington et al. 2006; Liu et al. 2010).”
Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient – is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water‐limited mature trees? (2013, background): “Moreover, even in this small diameter category, root dynamics may differ among different fine root branch orders (Withington et al. 2006; Guo et al. 2008; Espeleta, West & Donovan 2009; Sun et al. 2011) due to their different physiological activity.”
Biotic plant–soil feedbacks across temporal scales (2013, background): “Notably, it has been shown that root and leaf lifespan are not always correlated, limiting the use of ‘above-ground proxies’ (Withington et al. 2006).”
Root functional parameters along a land‐use gradient: evidence of a community‐level economics spectrum (2015, background): “…cell layers (Gu et al. 2014; Kong et al. 2014) and thus require more investment of carbon and lignin in cell walls, have greater tissue density and are associated with longer root life spans and greater resource conservation (Eissenstat et al. 2000; Withington & Reich 2006; McCormack et al. 2012).”
Variation of first‐order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time (2013, unknown): “A similar ‘economics spectrum’ has been proposed for root traits such that ‘fast’ species should have thin roots, high tissue [N] and short life span whereas ‘slow’ species should have thick roots, low tissue [N] and long life span, yet this ‘root economics spectrum’ has not received much support (E”
Species‐ and community‐level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000‐year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest (2011, background): “One explanation for this uncertainty is that SRLmay not be as strongly coupled to root longevity as SLA is to leaf longevity (Withington et al. 2006).”
Fine-root morphological and growth traits in a Turkey-oak stand in relation to seasonal changes in soil moisture in the Southern Apennines, Italy (2012, background): “Long and thin roots (high SRL) are believed to be the belowground equivalent of thin leaves, which are less expensive to produce (Withington et al. 2006; Ostonen et al. 2007).”
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span (2013, background): “It has also been suggested that the greater observed persistence of fine roots among evergreen than deciduous trees may be partially the result of greater quantities of defense and structural compounds in the former, effectively lowering their palatability to soil herbivores and increasing their res”