Responses of Fine Roots at Different Soil Depths to Different Thinning Intensities in a Secondary Forest in the Qinling Mountains, China

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 351
• Main Authors: Pang, Yue, Tian, Jing, Yang, Hang, Zhang, Kai, Wang, Dexiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.02.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Biomass; Carbon; China; Competition; deeper soil depth; Ecosystems; fine roots; fine roots with different diameters; fine-root characteristics; Forest management; Forests; Mortality; Mountains; necromass; Nutrient availability; principal component analysis; Productivity; Roots; secondary forest; secondary forests; shrubs; soil nutrients; Thinning; Trees; Vegetation; whole-tree harvesting; China; secondary forest; fine-root characteristics; whole-tree harvesting; deeper soil depth; fine roots with different diameters

Fine roots make critical contributions to carbon stocks and terrestrial productivity, and fine roots with different diameters exhibit functional heterogeneity. However, the changed characteristics of fine roots with different diameters at different soil depths following thinning disturbances are poo...