Claim · model-written summary
Seedling fine-root mass density dropped strongly as diameter decreased.
Verbatim
e0“strong drop in mass density with a decrease in diameter in all species examined”
e1“dependency of mass density of individual fine roots extracted from soil cores on root diameter varies with the species mixture”
t0“trees”
Title
Estimating the mass density of fine roots of trees for minirhizotron-based estimates of productivity
Pierre Y Bernier; Gilles Robitaille; Danny Rioux Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2005. doi:10.1139/x05-099
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Association The diameter dependence of core-root mass density varied with species mixture.
- Association Seedling root xylem cell-wall proportion decreased as root diameter diminished.
- Association The root-diameter relationship for xylem wall proportion was less clear in soil-core roots.
- Method / resource Core-root mass density may give the best minirhizotron estimate of fine-root productivity.