A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardizing root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

0549180 - BÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Freschet, G. T. - Pagès, L. - Iversen, C. M. - Comas, L. H. - Rewald, B. - Roumet, C. - Klimešová, Jitka - Zadworny, M. - Poorter, H. - Postma, J. A. - Adams, T. S. - Bagniewska-Zadworna, A. - Bengough, A. G. - Blancaflor, E. B. - Brunner, I. - Cornelissen, J.H.C. - Garnier, E. - Gessler, A. - Hobbie, S.E. - Meier, I. C. - Mommer, L. - Picon-Cochard, C. - Rose, L. - Ryser, P. - Scherer-Lorenzen, M. - Soudzilovskaia, N. A. - Stokes, A. - Sun, T. - Valverde-Barrantes, O. J. - Weemstra, M. - Weigelt, A. - Wurzburger, N. - York, L. M. - Batterman, S. A. - Gomes de Moraes, M. - Janeček, Š. - Lambers, H. - Salmon, V. - Tharayil, N. - McCormack, M. L.
A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardizing root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements.
New Phytologist. Roč. 232, č. 3 (2021), s. 973-1122. ISSN 0028-646X. E-ISSN 1469-8137
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA19-13103S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : root traits * standardized methods * belowground plant functions
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 10.323, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access

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 on generating cutting‐edge, meaningful and integrated knowledge. Consideration of the below‐ground components in plant and ecosystem studies has been consistently called for in recent decades, but methodology is disparate and sometimes inappropriate. This handbook, based on the collective effort of a large team of experts, will improve trait comparisons across studies and integration of information across databases by providing standardised methods and controlled vocabularies. It is meant to be used not only as starting point by students and scientists who desire working on below‐ground ecosystems, but also by experts for consolidating and broadening their views on multiple aspects of root ecology.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0325196