Fine-root mortality rates in a temperate forest: Estimates using radiocarbon data and numerical modeling

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-398

  Riley, W J ^a   Gaudinski, J B ^a,b,c   Torn, M S ^a,e   Joslin, J D ^d   Hanson, P J ^f  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Belowground Forest Research   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Carbon isotope; Fine root turnover time; Monte Carlo simulations; Numerical model; Radiocarbon; Root model parameterization; Roots

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPE LABELING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 70349504567     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02980.x     Document Type: Article

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