Changes in root-exudate-induced respiration reveal a novel mechanism through which drought affects ecosystem carbon cycling - de Vries, Franciska T.; Williams, Alex; Stringer, Fiona; Willcocks, Robert; McEwing, Rosie; Langridge, Holly; Straathof, Angela L. (The New phytologist, 2019)
Keywords: Biological activity; Biomass; carbon; Carbon - metabolism; Carbon Cycle; Cell Respiration; Climate change; Drought; Droughts; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Exudates; Exudation; forbs; grasses; Grasslands; Holcus - microbiology; Holcus - physiology; Holcus lanatus; Microbial activity; Microorganisms; Nitrogen - metabolism; Organic Chemicals - metabolism; Plant Exudates - metabolism; Plant Roots - cytology; Plant Roots - physiology; Plant Shoots - physiology; plant–soil interactions; Regrowth; Respiration; root exudate; root exudates; root systems; root traits; Roots; Rumex - microbiology; Rumex - physiology; Rumex acetosa; Soil; soil bacteria; soil fungi; Soil Microbiology; soil respiration; Soil treatment; Soils; Species Specificity; root traits; plant-soil interactions; drought; soil fungi; carbon; root exudate; soil bacteria; climate change