In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Early studies of nutrient cycling in moist tropical forests described productive forests rich in
nutrients (98, 114, 176) in which rates of primary production and the amounts of nutrients …

随着近2 0 多年来对细根功能的深入认识和研究方法的发展, 林分细根生物量,
生产和周转及其与环境因子的关系成为森林生态学的研究热点之一, 开展了大量研究 …

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both
basic and applied plant sciences. The Third Edition of this book retains the aim of the first in …

H uman activity has greatly al-tered the biogeochemical cycles of Earth, generally increasing
pollutant concentrations in the atmosphere and deposition rates to the surface. The …

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 …

Variation in leaf life—span has long been considered of ecological significance. Despite
this, quantitative evaluation of the relationships between leaf life—span and other plant and …

Hyperdiverse forests occur in the lowland tropics, whereas the most species‐rich shrublands
are found in regions such as south‐western Australia (kwongan) and South Africa (fynbos) …

Root turnover is a critical component of ecosystem nutrient dynamics and carbon
sequestration and is also an important sink for plant primary productivity. We tested global …

Litter decomposition provides the primary source of mineral nitrogen (N) for biological
activity in most terrestrial ecosystems. A 10-year decomposition experiment in 21 sites from …