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 …

The search for a root economics spectrum (RES) has been sparked by recent interest in trait‐
based plant ecology. By analogy with the one‐dimensional leaf economics spectrum (LES) …

The ongoing climate change is characterized by increased temperatures and altered
precipitation patterns. In addition, there has been an increase in both the frequency and …

There is growing evidence of the importance of extramatrical mycelium (EMM) of mycorrhizal
fungi in carbon (C) cycling in ecosystems. However, our understanding has until recently …

Fine and coarse roots are key contributors to belowground net primary productivity, and play
critical roles in the biogeochemical cycling of forest and woodland ecosystems. Despite their …

The length of time that carbon remains in forest biomass is one of the largest uncertainties in
the global carbon cycle, with both recent historical baselines and future responses to …

Coniferous forests cover extensive areas of the boreal and temperate zones. Owing to their
primary production and C storage, they have an important role in the global carbon balance …

To evaluate the impact of stand age on the ecosystem's C budget, as well as the post-
harvest recovery of the C storages and fluxes, a chronosequence of Scots pine stands from …

Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global
carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes …

Aim The fine roots of trees may show plastic responses to their resource environment.
Several, contrasting hypotheses exist on this plasticity, but empirical evidence for these …