Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a valuable resource for mediating global climate change and
securing food production. Despite an alarming rate of global plant diversity loss …

Productivity of tree plantations is a function of the supply, capture and efficiency of use of
resources, as outlined in the Production Ecology Equation. Species interactions in mixed …

Global biogeochemical models have improved dramatically in the last decade in their
representation of the biosphere. Although leaf area data are an important input to such …

Specific root length (SRL, mg− 1) is probably the most frequently measured morphological
parameter of fine roots. It is believed to characterize economic aspects of the root system …

Although a few texts on forest hydrology are available, they cover very little, if any,
background on water resources. On the other hand, books dealing with water resources do …

Forest vegetation is known to increase hillslope stability by reinforcing soil shear resistance
and by influencing hydrologic conditions of soil. Although the importance of plant root …

Mixed-species forests can sometimes fulfil forest functions and services better than
monocultures and are therefore receiving growing attention in forest science and practice …

Fine roots form one of the most significant components contributing to carbon cycling in
forest ecosystems. We study here the effect of variation in root diameter classes, sampling …

For more than a century, scientists have considered whether mixtures of tree species may
differ in nutrition and yield relative to monocultures. We review the empirical evidence on the …

Due to possible positive and compensatory interaction between species, mixed stands are a
commonly accepted silvicultural response to reduce risks arising from climate change …