Plant growth is usually constrained by the availability of nutrients, water, or temperature,
rather than photosynthetic carbon (C) fixation. Under these conditions leaf growth is …

Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

Organic matter decomposition is a biochemical process with consequences affecting climate
change and ecosystem productivity. Once decomposition begins, C is lost as CO 2 or …

Soil contains approximately 2344Gt (1 gigaton= 1 billion tonnes) of organic carbon globally
and is the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon. Small changes in the soil organic carbon …

Nonstructural carbon (NSC) provides the carbon and energy for plant growth and survival. In
woody plants, fundamental questions about NSC remain unresolved: Is NSC storage an …

The loss of organic and inorganic carbon from roots into soil underpins nearly all the major
changes that occur in the rhizosphere. In this review we explore the mechanistic basis of …

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

CO2 efflux from soil depends on the availability of organic substances respired by roots and
microorganisms. Therefore, photosynthetic activity supplying carbohydrates from leaves to …

Forest trees compete for light and soil resources, but photoassimilates, once produced in the
foliage, are not considered to be exchanged between individuals. Applying stable carbon …

Physiological ecology of forest production was originally planned as a second edition to the
well-known book by the same name, published 25 years ago ( Landsberg 1986). The …