The root economics spectrum : divergence of absorptive root strategies with root 1 diameter

Economic strategies of plant absorptive roots vary with root diameter

Plant roots typically vary along a dominant ecological axis, the root economics spectrum, depicting a tradeoff between resource acquisition and conservation. For absorptive roots, which are mainly responsible for resource acquisition, we hypothesized that root economic strategies differ with increasing root diameter. To test this hypothesis, we used seven plant species (a fern, a conifer, and f...

The root economics spectrum

The root economics spectrum: divergence of absorptive root strategies with root diameter D. Kong, J. Wang, P. Kardol, H. Wu, H. Zeng, X. Deng, and Y. Deng Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China College of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Scie...

Complex trait relationships between leaves and absorptive roots: Coordination in tissue N concentration but divergence in morphology

Leaves and absorptive roots (i.e., first-order root) are above- and belowground plant organs related to resource acquisition; however, it is controversy over whether these two sets of functional traits vary in a coordinated manner. Here, we examined the relationships between analogous above- and belowground traits, including chemical (tissue C and N concentrations) and morphological traits (thi...

Economic strategies of plant absorptive roots vary with root diameter 1

Economic strategies for plant absorptive roots vary with root diameter 1