Most water and essential soil nutrient uptake is carried out by fine roots in plants. It is
therefore important to understand the global geographic patterns of fine-root nitrogen and …

Fine root production is the largest component of belowground production and plays
substantial roles in the biogeochemical cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. The increasing …

Ecosystem functioning relies heavily on below‐ground processes, which are largely
regulated by plant fine‐roots and their functional traits. However, our knowledge of fine‐root …

The quantification of the allocation of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) among plant organs
is essential to improve our understanding of plant growth, life‐history strategies and …

Fine roots acquire essential soil resources and mediate biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. Estimates of carbon and nutrient allocation to build and maintain these …

Fine roots are an important source and sink for nutrients in terrestrial biogeochemistry. We
examined the following hypotheses for fine root nutrients by analyzing data from 56 …

Temperate forests are recipients of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition. Because growth
in these ecosystems is often limited by N availability, elevated N inputs from the atmosphere …

Aim Root production and turnover play a key role in regulating carbon (C) flow in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, a general pattern reflecting the responses of roots to increasing …

Fine roots of woody plants comprise multiple root orders, which can be functionally
partitioned into two pools: absorptive fine roots (AFR s, orders 1, 2) and transport fine roots …

Increasing atmospheric N deposition and changes in precipitation patterns could profoundly
impact forest community structure and ecosystem functions. However, most N and water (W) …