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@ARTICLE{McCormack:843579,
      author       = {McCormack, M. Luke and Guo, Dali and Iversen, Colleen M.
                      and Chen, Weile and Eissenstat, David M. and Fernandez,
                      Christopher W. and Li, Le and Ma, Chengen and Ma, Zeqing and
                      Poorter, Hendrik and Reich, Peter B. and Zadworny, Marcin
                      and Zanne, Amy},
      title        = {{B}uilding a better foundation: improving root-trait
                      measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem
                      processes},
      journal      = {The new phytologist},
      volume       = {215},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {0028-646X},
      address      = {Oxford [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Wiley-Blackwell},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2018-01164},
      pages        = {27 - 37},
      year         = {2017},
      abstract     = {Trait-based approaches provide a useful framework to
                      investigate plant strategies for resource acquisition,
                      growth, and competition, as well as plant impacts on
                      ecosystem processes. Despite significant progress capturing
                      trait variation within and among stems and leaves,
                      identification of trait syndromes within fine-root systems
                      and between fine roots and other plant organs is limited.
                      Here we discuss three underappreciated areas where focused
                      measurements of fine-root traits can make significant
                      contributions to ecosystem science. These include assessment
                      of spatiotemporal variation in fine-root traits, integration
                      of mycorrhizal fungi into fine-root-trait frameworks, and
                      the need for improved scaling of traits measured on
                      individual roots to ecosystem-level processes. Progress in
                      each of these areas is providing opportunities to revisit
                      how below-ground processes are represented in terrestrial
                      biosphere models. Targeted measurements of fine-root traits
                      with clear linkages to ecosystem processes and plant
                      responses to environmental change are strongly needed to
                      reduce empirical and model uncertainties. Further
                      identifying how and when suites of root and whole-plant
                      traits are coordinated or decoupled will ultimately provide
                      a powerful tool for modeling plant form and function at
                      local and global scales.},
      cin          = {IBG-2},
      ddc          = {580},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
      pnm          = {582 - Plant Science (POF3-582)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-582},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:28295373},
      UT           = {WOS:000402413100005},
      doi          = {10.1111/nph.14459},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/843579},
}