SynthesisNature communications2022
Global systematic review with meta-analysis shows that warming effects on terrestrial plant biomass allocation are influenced by precipitation and mycorrhizal association.
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- Combined effects of warming and drought on plant biomass depend on plant woodiness and community type: a meta-analysis.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Pooled it
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- Long-term climate warming weakens positive plant biomass responses globally.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil substrate on invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Leaf economic strategies drive global variation in phosphorus stimulation of terrestrial plant production.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Unexpected Large Photosynthetic Thermal Plasticity of Montane Andean Trees.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Warming alters non-trophic interactions in soft bottom habitats.Oecologia · 2025Article
- Water limitation drives species loss in grassland communities after nitrogen addition and warming.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi alter soil food webs and the functional potential of bacterial communities.mSystems · 2024Article
- Climate Factors Influence Above- and Belowground Biomass Allocations in Alpine Meadows and Desert Steppes through Alterations in Soil Nutrient Availability.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Elevation Influences Belowground Biomass Proportion in Forests by Affecting Climatic Factors, Soil Nutrients and Key Leaf Traits.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Soil warming increases the number of growing bacterial taxa but not their growth rates.Science advances · 2024Article
- Climate Factors Affect Above-Belowground Biomass Allocation in Broad-Leaved and Coniferous Forests by Regulating Soil Nutrients.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Warming in combination with increased precipitation mediate the sexual and clonal reproduction in the desert steppe dominant species Stipa breviflora.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Influence of Mycorrhiza on C:N:P Stoichiometry in Senesced Leaves.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Biomass allocation in plants is fundamental for understanding and predicting terrestrial carbon storage. Yet, our knowledge regarding warming effects on root: shoot ratio (R/S) remains limited. Here, we present a meta-analysis encompassing more than 300 studies and including angiosperms and gymnosperms as well as different biomes (cropland, desert, forest, grassland, tundra, and wetland). The meta-analysis shows that average warming of 2.50 °C (median = 2 °C) significantly increases biomass allocation to roots with a mean increase of 8.1% in R/S. Two factors associate significantly with this response to warming: mean annual precipitation and the type of mycorrhizal fungi associated with plants. Warming-induced allocation to roots is greater in drier habitats when compared to shoots (+15.1% in R/S), while lower in wetter habitats (+4.9% in R/S). This R/S pattern is more frequent in plants associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, compared to ectomycorrhizal fungi. These results show that precipitation variability and mycorrhizal association can affect terrestrial carbon dynamics by influencing biomass allocation strategies in a warmer world, suggesting that climate change could influence belowground C sequestration.
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