… phenology of root growth, the second objective of this study was to document the timing of
fine root production in situ. This was necessary because published reports of peak fine root pro…

… the shrub fine root-length response given that it was the strongest and earliest response and
has implications for peatland C function through negative effects of shrubs on the growth of …

… rates of root respiration acclimate to soil … fine roots depend heavily on the import of new
carbon (C) from the canopy during the growing season. We hypothesize that root growth and root …

… root growth occurring below - 0.6 MPa of water potential, we believe that very little root growth
… The 7-year totals for fine-root production and mortality do not include data from this period …

… fine roots in the resampled ingrowth cores was interpreted as a direct measure of tree vitality.
There was a gradual decline in fine-root growth … nutritional conditions in the fine roots, viz. …

… hypothesis that fine roots in a mature cacao plantation show changes in their growth activity
… : In a mature cacao plantation fine roots display an episodic growth pattern. Precipitations, …

… with fine root growth in … Fine root production is regulated by the nutrient availability in forest
litter. Annual supply of nutrients in litterfall suggests strongly that N probably limits root growth …

… Root damage is usually observed as a decline in the amount of living fine-roots, an increase
in the amount of dead fine roots, an increase in the amount of dead vs live fine roots (a …

… fine roots with regard to carbon dynamics within a forest ecosystem. Conventional ways of
assessing the root production of forest trees, from growth … small-diameter roots and should be …

… In this study, we compared the demographic and morphological responses of fine roots of
four plant species (two annuals and two perennials) to patches of enhanced nutrients. The two …