Climate and soil nutrients differentially drive multidimensional fine root traits in ectomycorrhizal‐dominated alpine coniferous forests - Ding, JunXiang; Kong, Deliang; Zhang, Ziliang; Cai, Qin; Xiao, Juan; Liu, Qing; Yin, Huajun; Wardle, David (The Journal of ecology, 2020)
Keywords: alpine forests; Annual precipitation; atmospheric precipitation; carbon; China; Climate; Climate change; climatic variables; Colonization; Coniferous forests; Conifers; Diameters; Dimensions; ECM‐dominated conifers; Economics; ectomycorrhizae; Ectomycorrhizas; Environmental changes; Environmental control; Fertility; fine root trait covariation; fine roots; first‐ and second‐order roots; Foraging; Forests; Life span; longevity; Mineral nutrients; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Plant tissues; Resource conservation; Resource efficiency; root trait multidimensionality; root‐adaptive strategies; Soil; Soil fertility; Soil nutrients; Soils; Uptake; Variance; Variation; China