Plant Roots and Phenology Drive the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Boreal Forest Floor Respiration.

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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From Leaves to Roots: Seasonal Dynamics of Wild Boar (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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Quan ZhouFuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7471-7205

Zonghua WangFuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0869-9683

Meilian ChenFuzhou Institute of Oceanography, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4367-0824

Funding

China Scholarship Council 201608350095the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union 2017-1-NL01-KA103-035000the Scientific Research Grant for National Candidates of "Bai-Qian-Wan" Project Zonghua Wang

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Abstract

Understanding the drivers of soil carbon efflux is critical for predicting forest carbon cycles under climate change. This study investigates how plant roots and phenology govern the spatio-temporal variability of boreal forest floor respiration (Rf) in an ectomycorrhizal-dominated forest. By analyzing stabilized soil carbon fluxes (NEE, Ra, and Rh) one year after root exclusion in northern Sweden, we challenge the passive physicochemical paradigm. Results show that the spatial distribution and magnitude of Rf are primarily driven by plant roots, with Ra accounting for >60% of total efflux. The collapse of respiration in trenched plots confirms the mycorrhizal bridge as the essential conduit for these spatial patterns. Regarding temporal variability, we identified a biological pulse driven by plant phenology. After temperature-normalization, Ra maintained a strong seasonal peak in July and August. Notably, static drivers like fine root biomass failed to explain spatial variation (R < 0.3,

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biological pulseboreal forestfine rootsmetabolic continuummycorrhizal bridgeplant phenologysoil carbon dynamicsspatio-temporal variability

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PMID41754245

DOI10.3390/plants15040538

PMCPMC12944008

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