A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology

Summary Variation and tradeoffs within and among plant traits are increasingly being harnessed by empiricists and modelers to understand and predict ecosystem processes under changing environmental conditions. While fine roots play an important role in ecosystem functioning, fine‐root traits are und...

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Published in:	The New phytologist 2017-07, Vol.215 (1), p.15-26
Main Authors:	Iversen, Colleen M., McCormack, M. Luke, Powell, A. Shafer, Blackwood, Christopher B., Freschet, Grégoire T., Kattge, Jens, Roumet, Catherine, Stover, Daniel B., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Valverde‐Barrantes, Oscar J., Bodegom, Peter M., Violle, Cyrille
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Assessments BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Biosphere Data Databases, Factual Ecological function Ecology Ecology - methods Ecosystem Ecosystems Environment models Environmental changes Environmental conditions environmental factors Environmental gradient Evolution fine roots Fine‐Root Ecology Database (FRED) FRED functional traits Gradients KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION Leaves mycorrhiza Plant ecology Plant Roots - anatomy & histology Plant Roots - physiology Rhizopolis Roots space and time terrestrial biosphere models Tradeoffs Viewpoints Wood
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