Controls on fine-root trait variation and implications for defining Root Functional Types

Yao Liu1, M. Luke McCormack2, Kiona Ogle3, Anthony P Walker1 and Colleen M. Iversen4, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (2)The Morton Arboretum, Center for Tree Science, Lisle, IL, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States