Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change

By I. Ostonen, U. Puttsepp, C. Biel, O. Alberton, M. Bakker, K. Lõhmus, H. Majdi, D. Metcalfe, A. Olsthoorn, A. Pronk and 3 more. 2007

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Soil Science

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How tree roots respond to drought (2015, background): “A recent meta-analysis indicated that SRL seems to be especially resistant to drought, although SRL values varied greatly among the analyzed studies (Ostonen et al., 2007).”
Morphological traits and water use strategies in seedlings of Mediterranean coexisting species (2010, positive): “Specific root length (SRL) is a trait that characterizes the economical aspects of the root system construction costs and it has been related to root’s efficiency to soil exploration and to water and nutrient acquisition, since it indicates the amount of root length achieved per unit root mass inves”
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, methodology): “Briefly, a stress-tolerance plant adopts an 'extensive' strategy (Ostonen et al. 2007), namely it shifts its allocation of carbon towards roots, where photosynthate can be used to increase water uptake .”
Functional correlations between specific leaf area and specific root length along a regional environmental gradient in Inner Mongolia grasslands (2016, background): “Variations in both SLA and SRL are also influenced by environmental drivers that operate at different spatial scales (Reich et al. 2003; Ostonen et al. 2007).”
Are the rates of photosynthesis stimulated by the carbon sink strength of rhizobial and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses (2009, background): “(2004), who reported a variability of 6%, we assumed ther authors (Ostonen et al., 2007) to overcome lack of data.”
Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient (2020, background): “Studies investigating intraspecific root trait variation are usually restricted to a single (e.g., Bristiel et al., 2019; Defrenne et al., 2019; Ostonen et al., 2007; Ostonen et al., 2011; Zadworny et al., 2016) or small number of species (Freschet et al., 2018; Kumordzi et al., 2019; Read et al.,…”
Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient (2011, methodology): “…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 short-roots decreased with increasing site fertility (Ostonen et al., 1999).”
Very fine roots respond to soil depth: biomass allocation, morphology, and physiology in a broad-leaved temperate forest (2010, background): “…L RTD V ¼ L RTD pD24 L ¼ 4 RTD pD2 where L is root length (m), M is root dry mass (g), RTD is root tissue density (g m 3), V is root volume (m3), D is mean root diameter, and p is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, all of which have been described by Ostonen et al. (2007).”
Review Article:Root development in horticultural plants grown under abiotic stress conditions – a review (2011, background): “…is protected against adverse environmental conditions and is capable of regrowth when conditions ameliorate) are also of great interest (Franco et al., 2001; 2002b; Brundrett, 2002; Bañón et al., 2004; Blaha and Hnilicka, 2004; Jäkäläniemi et al., 2004; Ostonen et al., 2007; Franco et al., 2008).”
Belowground interspecific competition in mixed boreal forests: fine root and ectomycorrhiza characteristics along stand developmental stage and soil fertility gradients (2010, positive): “The difference in short root morphology between the three species supports the results of an earlier study (Ostonen et al. 2007a), and is in good agreement with the general hypothesis that evergreen conifers have thicker fine roots and lower SRL than coexisting deciduous trees (Reich et al. 1998).”
Proteomic Analyses Provide Novel Insights into Plant Growth and Ginsenoside Biosynthesis in Forest Cultivated Panax ginseng (F. Ginseng) (2016, methodology): “We placed the plant parts on a glass board covered with graph paper tomeasure their length (0.1mm) and calculated the specific root length (SRL) (cm·g−1) (Ostonen et al., 2007).”
Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils (2017, background): “…further hypothesized that on poor soils, SRL is higher and RTD and fine-root diameter are lower than on resource-rich soils, in order to increase resource uptake at relatively low biomass investments (Eissenstat 1992; Ryser and Lambers 1995; Eissenstat and Yanai 1997; Ostonen et al. 2007b).”
From plant functional types to plant functional traits (2015, background): “SRL responds negatively to reduced light and to elevated temperature and CO2 (Ostonen et al., 2007) þ þ þ”