Krista Lõhmus

TL;DR: It is suggested that SRL can be used successfully as an indicator of nutrient availability to trees in experimental conditions after meta-analyses showed that S RL decreased significantly under fertilization and Al-stress and responded negatively to reduced light, elevated temperature and CO2.

TL;DR: The results showed that there exists a strong relationship between the fine root biomass and the above-ground biomass, and that the root biomass of deciduous trees is higher than that of conifers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated fine root bio-and necromass, net primary production of fine roots and its proportion of the NPP of trees, as well as turnover rate were investigated in a fertile middle-aged Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) stand by sequential core and ingrowth core methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, a strong linear correlation was found between the log-transformed load and retention of nitrogen and phosphorus in riparian buffer zones ( r = 0.99 and 0.997, respectively).

TL;DR: There was 19% higher proportion of root tips colonized by long-distance exploration type forming EcM fungi in the southern forests indicating importance of EcM symbiont foraging strategy in fine root nutrient acquisition and the importance of complex studies on respective regulatory mechanisms in changing climate.