The functional traits and distribution patterns of roots affect the amount of soil resources used by the plant. These functional traits can mirror plant ecological resource utilization strategies for capturing soil water and nutrients. Changes in root functional traits can affect important plant processes, including water鄄 and nutrient鄄use efficiencies and the ability to compete for belowground resources. In this study, root functional traits and correlations among them were investigated in one鄄year鄄old plants of 25 species from the arid valley of Minjiang River. The specific objectives were to compare plants of the same age growing in the same conditions to assess the trade鄄offs among root functions based on correlations among different functional traits, and to define plant functional types and their adaptation strategies. Seeds of vascular plant
Jin Y Q, Bao W K.Relationships of the understory biomass with stand structure of the Sichuan cypress plantation forests across Sichuan Basin, China.Acta
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