Reconcilable differences: A joint calibration of fine-root turnover times with radiocarbon and minirhizotrons

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 932-942

  Ahrens, Bernhard ^a   Hansson, Karna ^b   Solly, Emily F ^a   Schrumpf, Marion ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Bomb radiocarbon; Minirhizotron; Radiocarbon; Root age; Root longevity; Root turnover; Survival function; Two pool model

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; FOREST; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SPRUCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTOR;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FORESTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; PLANT ROOTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911973349     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12979     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Adams TS, Eissenstat DM. 2014. The continuous incorporation of carbon into existing Sassafras albidum fine roots and its implications for estimating root turnover. PLoS ONE 9: e95321.
2. 14C and minirhizotron-based estimates of fine-root turnover with survival functions. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 177: 287-296.
3. Brundrett M, Bougher N, Dell B, Grove T, Malajczuk N. 1996. Working with mycorrhizas in forestry and agriculture. ACIAR monograph 32. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
4. Eissenstat D, Yanai R. 1997. The ecology of root lifespan. Advances in Ecological Research 27: 1-60.
5. Fröberg M. 2012. Residence time of fine-root carbon using radiocarbon measurements of samples collected from a soil archive. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 175: 46-48.
6. Gaudinski JB, Torn MS, Riley WJ, Dawson TE, Joslin JD, Majdi H. 2010. Measuring and modeling the spectrum of fine-root turnover times in three forests using isotopes, minirhizotrons, and the Radix model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24: GB3029.
7. Gaudinski JB, Torn MS, Riley WJ, Swanston C, Trumbore SE, Joslin JD, Majdi H, Dawson TE, Hanson PJ. 2009. Use of stored carbon reserves in growth of temperate tree roots and leaf buds: analyses using radiocarbon measurements and modeling. Global Change Biology 15: 992-1014.
8. Gaudinski JB, Trumbore SE, Davidson EA, Cook AC, Markewitz D, Richter DD. 2001. The age of fine-root carbon in three forests of the eastern United States measured by radiocarbon. Oecologia 129: 420-429.
9. Gaul D, Hertel D, Leuschner C. 2009. Estimating fine root longevity in a temperate Norway spruce forest using three independent methods. Functional Plant Biology 36: 11-19.
10. Guillaume J, Andrews F. 2012. dream: DiffeRential Evolution Adaptive Metropolis. R package version 0.4-1. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=dream.
11. Guo D, Li H, Mitchell RJ, Han W, Hendricks JJ, Fahey TJ, Hendrick RL. 2008. Fine root heterogeneity by branch order: exploring the discrepancy in root turnover estimates between minirhizotron and carbon isotopic methods. New Phytologist 177: 443-456.
12. Hansson K, Helmisaari H-S, Sah SP, Lange H. 2013. Fine root production and turnover of tree and understorey vegetation in Scots pine, silver birch and Norway spruce stands in SW Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management 309: 58-65.
13. Hishi T. 2007. Heterogeneity of individual roots within the fine root architecture: causal links between physiological and ecosystem functions. Journal of Forest Research 12: 126-133.
14. Iversen CM, Murphy MT, Allen MF, Childs J, Eissenstat DM, Lilleskov EA, Sarjala TM, Sloan VL, Sullivan PF. 2012. Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands. Plant and Soil 352: 23-39.
15. Kass R, Raftery A. 1995. Bayes factors. Journal of the American Statistical Association 90: 773-795.
16. Kikuzawa K, Lechowicz MJ. 2011. Ecology of leaf longevity. Tokyo, Japan: Springer.
17. Kleinbaum D, Klein M. 2005. Survival analysis: a self-learning text. New York, NY, USA: Springer.
18. Lukac M. 2012. Fine root turnover. In: Mancuso S, ed. Measuring roots. Berlin/ Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 363-373.
19. Manzoni S, Katul GG, Porporato A. 2009. Analysis of soil carbon transit times and age distributions using network theories. Journal of Geophysical Research 114: 1-14.
20. Manzoni S, Piñeiro G, Jackson RB, Jobbágy EG, Kim JH, Porporato A. 2012. Analytical models of soil and litter decomposition: solutions for mass loss and time-dependent decay rates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 50: 66-76.
21. Matamala R, Gonzalez-Meler MA, Jastrow JD, Norby RJ, Schlesinger WH. 2003. Impacts of fine root turnover on forest NPP and soil C sequestration potential. Science 302: 1385-1387.
22. Niinemets Ü, Lukjanova A. 2003. Total foliar area and average leaf age may be more strongly associated with branching frequency than with leaf longevity in temperate conifers. New Phytologist 158: 75-89.
23. Pregitzer KS, DeForest JL, Burton AJ, Allen MF, Ruess RW, Hendrick RL. 2002. Fine root architecture of nine North American trees. Ecological Monographs 72: 293-309.
24. Pritchard SG, Strand AE. 2008. Can you believe what you see? Reconciling minirhizotron and isotopically derived estimates of fine root longevity. New Phytologist 177: 287-291.
25. Richardson A, Williams M, Hollinger D, Moore D, Dail D, Davidson E, Scott N, Evans R, Hughes H, Lee J et al. 2010. Estimating parameters of a forest ecosystem C model with measurements of stocks and fluxes as joint constraints. Oecologia 164: 25-40.
26. Riley WJ, Gaudinski JB, Torn MS, Joslin J, Hanson PJ. 2009. Fine-root mortality rates in a temperate forest: estimates using radiocarbon data and numerical modeling. New Phytologist 184: 387-398.
27. Rodhe H. 1992. Modeling biogeochemical cycles. In: Butcher SS, Charlson RJ, Orians GH, Wolfe GV, eds. Global biogeochemical cycles. San Diego, CA, USA: Academic Press, 55-72.
28. Solly E, Schoning I, Boch S, Muller J, Socher SA, Trumbore SE, Schrumpf M. 2013. Mean age of carbon in fine roots from temperate forests and grasslands with different management. Biogeosciences 10: 4833-4843.
29. Strand AE, Pritchard SG, McCormack ML, Davis MA, Oren R. 2008. Irreconcilable differences: fine-root life spans and soil carbon persistence. Science 319: 456-458.
30. Taylor A, Martin F, Read D. 2000. Fungal diversity in ectomycorrhizal communities of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) along north-south transects in Europe. In: Schulze E-D, ed. Carbon and nitrogen cycling in European forest ecosystems. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 343-365.
31. Tierney GL, Fahey TJ. 2001. Evaluating minirhizotron estimates of fine root longevity and production in the forest floor of a temperate broadleaf forest. Plant and Soil 229: 167-176.
32. Tierney GL, Fahey TJ. 2002. Fine root turnover in a northern hardwood forest: a direct comparison of the radiocarbon and minirhizotron methods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 1692-1697.
33. Trumbore S. 2009. Radiocarbon and soil carbon dynamics. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 37: 47-66.
34. Trumbore S, Da Costa ES, Nepstad DC, De Camargo PB, Martinelli L, Ray D, Restom T, Silver W. 2006. Dynamics of fine root carbon in Amazonian tropical ecosystems and the contribution of roots to soil respiration. Global Change Biology 12: 217-229.
35. Trumbore SE, Gaudinski JB. 2003. The secret lives of roots. Science 302: 1344-1345.
36. Withington JM, Reich PB, Oleksyn J, Eissenstat DM. 2006. Comparisons of structure and life span in roots and leaves among temperate trees. Ecological Monographs 76: 381-397.