… Living roots have considerable impact on the soil organisms … and roots provide the energy
and nutrients to the soil system (… Effects of soil fertility and land use on forest succession in …

… decomposition, C and nutrients will be returned to the soil; therefore, to improve our …
secondary forests we need to understand root biomass and distribution in secondary forest soils. …

… soils and roots during secondary succession Our results demonstrated that the secondary
forest succession significantly affected fungal β-diversity in the soils and roots (P < 0.05) (Fig. 3…

… successional … of roots in response to a controlled-vertical gradient of soil water, among
seedlings of 23 woody species dominant along the secondary succession in a tropical dry forest …

… secondary forest succession three plots were chosen (Fedlmeier, personal communication).
History of all secondary forest … All soil samples exhibited significant amounts of litter and root …

… of roots, regardless of species, may serve to reduce soil … and density of soil-stored seeds
in secondary forests close to … In contrast, the soil seed bank of secondary forests that have …

… the soil than roots of secondary forests, at least up to 30–40 years. An even greater proportion
of roots in pasture was concentrated in the upper soil … role in forest succession, favouring …

… samples from the organic layer and the upper mineral soil (0–10 cm) showed that the biomass
of fine roots (roots <2 mm in diameter) increased significantly with increasing stand age of …

… interactions among plant growth form and changes in light and soil nutrient availability
following forest succession. Considering root–shoot attributes of these three species, we found …

… vegetation establishment, such as above-ground root sprouting, mycorrhizal interactions, …
succession establishment and development than soil chemical and physical conditions alone. …