Future direction of searching for root economics spectrum: focusing on the fibrous roots “absorptive unit”

Abstract As one of the trait‐based approaches, leaf economics spectrum (LES) has led to significant advances in plant ecology; however, hypothetical root economics spectrum (RES) which is even more important than the LES aboveground is still less well understood. By analogy with the LES, hypothetica...

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Main Authors: Xinliang Shao, Lijun Wang, Qin Zhang, Yuhui Liu, Xitian Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-05-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2716