Overlooking what is underground: Root:shoot ratios and coarse root allometric equations for tropical forests

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• 作者：Bonnie G. Waring^a ; ^{bonnie.waring@gmail.com} ; Jennifer S. Powers^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Allometry ; Belowground ; Coarse roots ; Rooting depth ; Tropical forest
• 刊名：Forest Ecology and Management
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：385
• 期：Complete
• 页码：10-15
• 全文大小：768 K
• 卷排序：385

文摘

Coarse root stocks in tropical forests are not well quantified. We synthesized data on root:shoot ratios across tropical forests. Root:shoot ratios decreased with annual precipitation and increased with stand age. Existing belowground allometric equations reflect very different sampling protocols.