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dc.contributor.authorLedo, A.
dc.contributor.authorPaul, K.I.
dc.contributor.authorBurslem, D.F.R.P.
dc.contributor.authorEwel, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorBarton, C.
dc.contributor.authorBattaglia, M.
dc.contributor.authorBrooksbank, K.
dc.contributor.authorCarter, J.
dc.contributor.authorEid, T.H.
dc.contributor.authorEngland, J.R.
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, A.
dc.contributor.authorJonson, J.
dc.contributor.authorMencuccini, M.
dc.contributor.authorMontagu, K.D.
dc.contributor.authorMontero, G.
dc.contributor.authorMugasha, W.A.
dc.contributor.authorPinkard, E.
dc.contributor.authorRoxburgh, S.
dc.contributor.authorRyan, C.M.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Peinado, R.
dc.contributor.authorSochacki, S.
dc.contributor.authorSpecht, A.
dc.contributor.authorWildy, D.
dc.contributor.authorWirth, C.
dc.contributor.authorZerihun, Ayalsew
dc.contributor.authorChave, J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T05:56:42Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T05:56:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationLedo, A. and Paul, K.I. and Burslem, D.F.R.P. and Ewel, J.J. and Barton, C. and Battaglia, M. and Brooksbank, K. et al. 2018. Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally. New Phytologist. 217 (1): pp. 8-11.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80199
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/nph.14863
dc.description.abstract

Plants acquire carbon from the atmosphere and allocate it among different organs in response to environmental and developmental constraints (Hodge, 2004; Poorter et al ., 2012). One classic example of differential allocation is the relative investment into aboveground vs belowground organs, captured by the root : shoot ratio (R : S ; Cairns et al ., 1997). Optimal partitioning theory suggests that plants allocate more resources to the organ that acquires the most limiting resource (Reynolds & Thornley, 1982; Johnson & Thornley, 1987). Accordingly, plants would allocate more carbon to roots if the limiting resources are belowground, that is water and nutrients, and would allocate more carbon aboveground when the limiting resource is light or CO2. This theory has been supported by recent research showing that the R : S of an individual plant is modulated by environmental factors (Poorter et al ., 2012; Fatichi et al ., 2014). However, understanding the mechanisms underpinning plant allocation and its response to environmental factors is an active field of research (Delpierre et al ., 2016; Paul et al ., 2016), and it is likely that plant size and species composition have an effect on R : S . Accounting for these sources of variation is an important challenge for modelling (Franklin et al ., 2012).

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectPlant Sciences
dc.subjectaboveground biomass
dc.subjectaridity hypothesis
dc.subjectbelowground biomass
dc.subjectcarbon allocation
dc.subjectforest
dc.subjectplant biomass
dc.subjecttrees
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectPLANT
dc.subjectALLOCATION
dc.subjectALLOMETRY
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.titleTree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume217
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage8
dcterms.source.endPage11
dcterms.source.issn0028-646X
dcterms.source.titleNew Phytologist
dc.date.updated2020-07-27T05:56:42Z
curtin.note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ledo, A. and Paul, K.I. and Burslem, D.F.R.P. and Ewel, J.J. and Barton, C. and Battaglia, M. and Brooksbank, K. et al. 2018. Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally. New Phytologist. 217 (1): pp. 8-11., which has been published in final form at https:// doi.org/10.1111/nph.14863. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

curtin.departmentSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidZerihun, Ayalsew [0000-0002-6021-9624]
dcterms.source.eissn1469-8137
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridZerihun, Ayalsew [6602180048]


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