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Digging deeper: what the critical zone perspective adds to the study of plant ecophysiology
- Source :
- The New phytologistReferences. 226(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The emergence of critical zone (CZ) science has provided an integrative platform for investigating plant ecophysiology in the context of landscape evolution, weathering and hydrology. The CZ lies between the top of the vegetation canopy and fresh, chemically unaltered bedrock and plays a pivotal role in sustaining life. We consider what the CZ perspective has recently brought to the study of plant ecophysiology. We specifically highlight novel research demonstrating the importance of the deeper subsurface for plant water and nutrient relations. We also point to knowledge gaps and research opportunities, emphasising, in particular, greater focus on the roles of deep, nonsoil resources and how those resources influence and coevolve with plants as a frontier of plant ecophysiological research.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Ecophysiology
geography.geographical_feature_category
Physiology
Ecology
Bedrock
Perspective (graphical)
Critical zone
Water
Context (language use)
Plant Science
Research opportunities
Plants
01 natural sciences
Vegetation canopy
03 medical and health sciences
Digging
Soil
030104 developmental biology
Geography
Hydrology
Weather
Ecosystem
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14698137
- Volume :
- 226
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The New phytologistReferences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f58c7f852ed49efe4dad2b4576b45d7