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.)

By Leena Finér, Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari, K. Lõhmus, H. Majdi, I. Brunner, I. Børja, T. Eldhuset, D. Godbold, T. Grebenc, B. Konôpka and 7 more. 2007

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Very fine roots respond to soil depth: biomass allocation, morphology, and physiology in a broad-leaved temperate forest (2010, background): “Previous studies have evaluated fine root biomass in forests for various species, sites, stand ages, and geographic regions (Jackson et al. 1997; Finér et al. 2007; Noguchi et al. 2007).”
Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils (2017, background): “For beech, on both soil types, fine-root mass lies within the range of values observed across European beech forests, i.e. 116–960 groot m −2 reported by Finér et al. (2007).”
Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient (2011, background): “For example, nitrogen limitation increased the fine root (<2 mm in diameter) biomass (Finér et al., 2007; Helmisaari et al., 2007; Graefe et al., 2010), fertilization decreased the specific root length (SRL) of EcM fine roots by 15% (Ostonen et al., 2007b) and the root tissue density (RTD) of…”
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): “Data on the fine roots of tree species growing in the Mediterranean Basin are also scarce and their changes in biomass have been generally ignored (Finer et al. 2007, 2011a; Jackson et al. 1997) ).”