Datasets / Global Distribution of Root Nutrient Concentrations in Terrestrial Ecosystems


Global Distribution of Root Nutrient Concentrations in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Issued over 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

Nutrient measurements for fine roots were compiled from 56 published studies providing information on 372 different combinations of species, root diameter, rooting depths, and soils at a variety of locations. The compilation was used to examine dynamics of 14 nutrients, including translocation properties of roots of varying size and status.