Global patterns of root turnover for terrestrial ecosystems

By Richard A. Gill, R. B. Jackson. 2000

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Subfields: Forestry, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science

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Fine root turnover in a northern hardwood forest: a direct comparison of the radiocarbon and minirhizotron methods (2002, background): “Fine root turnover is a measure of the annual production and mortality of fine roots relative to the standing crop (Gill and Jackson 2000).”
Aboveground litter quality changes may drive soil organic carbon increase after shrub encroachment into mountain grasslands (2010, result): “According to these estimates, since conifer, legume and grass had similar belowground biomasses, the higher root production in grass may indicate a faster root turnover in grass than in shrubs, as reported previously (Gill and Jackson 2000).”
Linking litter decomposition of above‐ and below‐ground organs to plant–soil feedbacks worldwide (2013, methodology): “A large proportion of plant litter inputs are, however, derived from organs other than leaves, notably fine roots (Gill & Jackson 2000; Yuan & Chen 2010), fine stems (Dearden et al. 2006) and large tree stems (Harmon 2009), the importance of which has been frequently overlooked in the development…”
Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient – is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water‐limited mature trees? (2013, methodology): “Global meta-analyses of literature data by Gill & Jackson (2000) and Lauenroth & Gill (2003) indicate only a weak or no precipitation effect on the turnover rate of tree fine roots.”
Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine‐root trait variation (2017, background): “…on these topics, a considerable number of studies have explored the variation in ecosystem root biomass (e.g. Jackson, Mooney & Schulze 1997), their vertical distribution in soils (Schenk & Jackson 2002), their fluctuations in productivity (Vogt et al. 1995) and turnover (Gill & Jackson 2000).”
Endogenous and exogenous controls of root life span, mortality and nitrogen flux in a longleaf pine forest: root branch order predominates (2008, methodology): “While diameter classes have been used as a standard method to separate roots with different turnover rates (Gill & Jackson 2000; Pregitzer et al. 2002), and there is evidence linking root life span to diameter (Wells & Eissenstat 2001; Tierney & Fahey 2002; Matamala et al. 2003), the choice of…”
Arbuscular mycorrhiza and soil nitrogen cycling (2012, background): “Since fine roots decompose much faster (e.g. Gill and Jackson, 2000), a more elaborate system may permit accelerated root N-mineralization and, thereby, favor nitrification rates (Booth et al., 2005).”
Dynamics of Fine Root, Fungal Rhizomorphs, and Soil Respiration in a Mixed Temperate Forest: Integrating Sensors and Observations (2008, background): “Fine root production has been estimated to account for up to 33% of global annual net primary production (Gill and Jackson, 2000), but the global contribution of rhizomorphs remains unknown.”
Linking the global carbon cycle to individual metabolism (2005, background): “Fig. 3. Effect of average temperature, expressed as 1/k τ, on (a) forest tree biomass (global database in DeAngelis et al. 1997); (b) seasonality-corrected forest litter storage (global compilation in Vogt et al. 1986); (c) seasonality-corrected fine-root turnover (global compilation of shrubland, g”
Mycorrhizal fungi mediation of terrestrial ecosystem responses to global change: mini-review (2014, background): “…carbon allocation in response to elevated CO2, including allocation to mycorrhizal symbionts, will likely have important impacts on ecosystem cycling of nutrients, water and carbon (Gill and Jackson, 2000; Orwin et al., 2011; Vallack et al., 2012; N€asholm et al., 2013; Treseder and Holden, 2013).”
Measuring and modeling the spectrum of fine‐root turnover times in three forests using isotopes, minirhizotrons, and the Radix model (2010, background): “[3] Based primarily on many sequential coring studies and more recent minirhizotron data, fine roots were thought to have mean lifetimes of about one year [Gill and Jackson, 2000].”
Belowground drought response of European beech: fine root biomass and carbon partitioning in 14 mature stands across a precipitation gradient (2008, background): “…and abiotic parameters, soil moisture is a key factor that has been found to influence fine root biomass and turnover of trees (Kuhns et al., 1985; Santantonio & Hermann, 1985; Nisbeth & Mullins, 1986; Pregitzer et al., 1993; Espeleta et al., 1999; Gill & Jackson, 2000; Leuschner & Hertel, 2003).”
Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed? (2009, neutral): “Fully exploring belowground decomposition processes is beyond our scope (for a full treatment see Gill & Jackson, 2000).”