Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Global systematic review with meta-analysis shows that warming effects on terrestrial plant biomass allocation are influenced by precipitation and mycorrhizal association

  • Lingyan Zhou,
  • Xuhui Zhou,
  • Yanghui He,
  • Yuling Fu,
  • Zhenggang Du,
  • Meng Lu,
  • Xiaoying Sun,
  • Chenghao Li,
  • Chunyan Lu,
  • Ruiqiang Liu,
  • Guiyao Zhou,
  • Shahla Hosseni Bai,
  • Madhav P. Thakur

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32671-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Biomass allocation in plants is fundamental for understanding and predicting terrestrial carbon storage. Here, the authors conduct a meta-analysis showing that warming effect on plant root:shoot is influenced by precipitation and the type of mycorrhizal fungi associated.