Fine root demography and morphology in response to soil resources availability among xeric and mesic sandhill tree species

By J. F. Espeleta, L. Donovan. 2002

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Defoliation alters water uptake by deep and shallow roots of Prosopis velutina (Velvet Mesquite) (2003, background): “We can only speculate about why shallow roots might be retained preferentially; optimality theory predicts greater root longevity in resource-poor environments (Eissenstat & Yanai 1997; Espeleta & Donovan 2002 ).”
Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species (2007, background): “Similar to results from temperate (Aerts et al. 1992; Coleman et al. 2000; Espeleta and Donovan 2002; Matamala et al. 2003) and tropical areas (Binkley and Ryan 1998; Russell et al.”
Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils (2017, result): “In line with our first hypothesis, fine-root mass and length density were more than three times greater on our poor, sandy soils than on the rich, clay soils for both species, as also observed in other studies (Espeleta and Donovan 2002; Yuan and Chen 2010; Hertel et al. 2013).”
Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine‐root trait variation (2017, result): “Although not reflected in our global analysis, local evidence that xeric environments favour thinner roots with higher SRL (Espeleta & Donovan 2002; Metcalfe et al. 2008) suggests nonetheless that morphological adaptations can also be observed locally in response to water shortage.”
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span (2013, background): “Fine root life span is expected to be shorter when the availability of soil nutrients and water is comparably higher than lower (Eissenstat and Yanai, 1997; Espeleta and Donovan, 2002; Van der Krift and Berendse, 2002; West et al., 2003).”
EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANGIOSPERM ROOT TRAITS (2012, unknown): “Among several temperate woody genera—including Quercus, Carya, Betula, Populus, and Aralia—species with thinner roots and greater SRL were generally associated with more xeric habitats, potentially to abet water uptake (Espeleta and Donovan 2002; L. H. Comas and H. S. Callahan, unpublished data).”