ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON A GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG LEAF AND ROOT TRAITS OF GRASSES

By Joseph M. Craine, William G. Lee, W. Bond, Richard J. Williams, L. Johnson. 2005

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Linking litter decomposition of above‐ and below‐ground organs to plant–soil feedbacks worldwide (2013, background): “…to whether plant species show coordinated life strategies (e.g. carbon and nutrient economics) across their distinct organs above- and below-ground (Craine et al. 2005; Tjoelker et al. 2005; Baraloto et al. 2010; Freschet et al. 2010a) and consequently whether decomposability of different organs…”
Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability. (2009, background): “, 2000), across 67 grasslands in four regions of the world (Craine et al., 2005), and within and among species and temperate forest stands (Pardo et al.”
Connecting the green and brown worlds . allometric and stoichiometric predictability of above- and below-ground networks (2013, background): “The strong positive correlations in grasses between the N concentrations in the phyllosphere and in the rhizosphere, and between the d15N values of leaves and of soils (Craine et al., 2005), are examples of a direct linkage across the boundary of the green and the brown worlds.”
A plant economics spectrum in Mediterranean forests along environmental gradients: is there coordination among leaf, stem and root traits? (2016, background): “Similarly, Craine et al. (2005) analysed trait coordination among organs (leaf and root) in different grass communities, finding coordination for only one of the six traits analysed (leaf and root nitrogen concentration), in accordance with the results of our study.”
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).”
Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora (2010, background): “More generally, tissue density, organ thickness, lignin content or life span were found either poorly or non-correlated between leaves and roots (Table 1; Craine & Lee 2003; Craine et al. 2005).”
Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland (2010, background): “The lack of consistent patterns among studies focusing on similar species suggests that the strength of relationships of root to leaf traits may depend on other factors, such as seasonal differences in nutrient allocation among roots and shoots and disturbance regimes (Bardgett et al. 2002; Craine e”
Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum (2016, background): “While not all studies have observed strong correlations between leaf and root economic traits (Craine & Lee 2003; Craine et al. 2005), our results are consistent with studies that have found coordination between leaves and roots (Wahl & Ryser 2000; Mokany & Ash 2008; Freschet et al.”
Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. (2008, unknown): “Across plant species, root litter generally appears to be of lower quality than that of shoots and thereby represents a more recalcitrant carbon pool (Craine et al. 2005; Tjoelker et al. 2005).”
The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto (2014, background): “root respiration) has been observed in some studies, but not all (e.g. Craine & Lee 2003; Craine et al. 2005; Tjoelker et al. 2005; Kerkhoff et al. 2006; Withington et al. 2006; Freschet et al. 2010; Liu et al. 2010).”