Modeling soil processes: Review, key challenges, and new perspectives
The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …
Reviews and syntheses: Isotopic approaches to quantify root water uptake: a review and comparison of methods
Y Rothfuss, M Javaux - Biogeosciences, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
Plant root water uptake (RWU) has been documented for the past five decades from water
stable isotopic analysis. By comparing the (hydrogen or oxygen) stable isotopic …
stable isotopic analysis. By comparing the (hydrogen or oxygen) stable isotopic …
[HTML][HTML] Characterizing uncertainty in process-based hydraulic modeling, exemplified in a semiarid Inner Mongolia steppe
Assessing root sources of three uncertainties–parameterization of soil hydraulic
characteristics, boundary conditions, and estimation of source/sink terms–is a significant …
characteristics, boundary conditions, and estimation of source/sink terms–is a significant …
Modeling plant–water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale
Vegetation and the water cycles are inherently coupled across a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales. Water availability interacts with plant ecophysiology and controls …
temporal scales. Water availability interacts with plant ecophysiology and controls …
Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls in characterizing plant water‐use strategies
Classifying the diverse ways that plants respond to hydrologic stress into generalizable
'water‐use strategies' has long been an eco‐physiological research goal. While many …
'water‐use strategies' has long been an eco‐physiological research goal. While many …
Modelling root–soil interactions using three–dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function
Background Three–dimensional root architectural models emerged in the late 1980s,
providing an opportunity to conceptualise and investigate that all important part of plants that …
providing an opportunity to conceptualise and investigate that all important part of plants that …
Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene
Soils form the skin of the Earth's surface, regulating water and biogeochemical cycles and
generating production of food, timber, and textiles around the world. Changes in soil and its …
generating production of food, timber, and textiles around the world. Changes in soil and its …
Root hairs enable high transpiration rates in drying soils
A Carminati, JB Passioura, M Zarebanadkouki… - New Phytologist, 2017 - JSTOR
Do root hairs help roots take up water from the soil? Despite the well-documented role of
root hairs in phosphate uptake, their role in water extraction is controversial. We grew barley …
root hairs in phosphate uptake, their role in water extraction is controversial. We grew barley …
Soil hydrology: Recent methodological advances, challenges, and perspectives
H Vereecken, JA Huisman… - Water resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Technological and methodological progress is essential to improve our understanding of
fundamental processes in natural and engineering sciences. In this paper, we will address …
fundamental processes in natural and engineering sciences. In this paper, we will address …
Parameterization of root water uptake models considering dynamic root distributions and water uptake compensation
Core Ideas Parameters of different RWU models were optimized using data from a rhizotron
facility. The same soil hydraulic properties were obtained for models considering RWU …
facility. The same soil hydraulic properties were obtained for models considering RWU …