Tradeoffs and synergies in tropical forest root traits and dynamics for nutrient and water acquisition: field and modeling advances

• Main Authors: Cusack, Daniela Francis, Addo-Danso, Shalom D., Agee, Elizabeth A., Andersen, Kelly M., Arnaud, Marie, Batterman, Sarah A., Brearley, Francis Q., Ciochina, Mark I., Cordeiro, Amanda L., Dallstream, Caroline, Diaz-Toribio, Milton H., Dietterich, Lee H., Fisher, Joshua B., Fleischer, Katrin, Fortunel, Claire, Fuchslueger, Lucia, Guerrero-Ramírez, Nathaly R., Kotowska, Martyna M., Lugli, Laynara Figueiredo, Marín, Cesar, McCulloch, Lindsay A., Maeght, Jean-Luc, Metcalfe, Dan, Norby, Richard J., Oliveira, Rafael S., Powers, Jennifer S., Reichert, Tatiana, Smith, Stuart William, Smith-Martin, Chris M., Soper, Fiona M., Toro, Laura, Umaña, Maria N., Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar, Weemstra, Monique, Werden, Leland K., Wong, Michelle, Wright, Cynthia L., Wright, Stuart Joseph, Yaffar, Daniela
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Fertility; Drought
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162566
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vegetation processes are fundamentally limited by nutrient and water availability, the uptake of which is mediated by plant roots in terrestrial ecosystems. While tropical forests play a central role in global water, carbon, and nutrient cycling, we know very little about tradeoffs and synergies in...