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Global Distribution of Root Turnover in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Biomass,Plant Characteristics

root_turnover_661

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/661

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

Text File

Dataset Size

222.656 KB

Spatial Extent

N: 75 S: -54 E: 175 W: -160

Temporal Extent

1946-01-01 to 1999-12-01

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

Estimates of root turnover rates were calculated from measurements of live root standing crop and belowground net primary production (BNPP) compiled from the primary literature. Vegetation characteristics, soil properties, and climate conditions were associated with turnover rates to examine patterns and controls for biomes worldwide. Building on prior analyses (Jackson et al. 1996, 1997), data were compiled from approximately 190 papers from additional journals, book chapters, technical reports, and unpublished manuscripts that included information on live root standing crop and belowground BNPP. The papers described research on every continent except Antarctica, although the majority were from North America. In the database, the plant functional type and biome coverage were most abundant for grasslands and temperate zones.

Product Summary

Platforms

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instruments

CORING DEVICES

Spatial Extent

N: 75 S: -54 E: 175 W: -160

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1946-01-01 to 1999-12-01

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2761764652-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

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Processing Level

Published

2003-04-09

Updated

2003-04-09

Science Keywords

Biomass ,

Plant Characteristics

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Gill, R. A., & Jackson, R. B. (2003). Global Distribution of Root Turnover in Terrestrial Ecosystems (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/661 Date Accessed: 2026-05-04

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Mercury Uptake, Accumulation, and Translocation in Roots of Subtropical Forest: Implications of Global Mercury Budget	2022	Yuan, Wei, Wang, Xun, Lin, Che-Jen, Wu, Fei, Luo, Kang, Zhang, Hui, Lu, Zhiyun, Feng, Xinbin	Biomass, Plant Characteristics
Relative importance between biogeochemical and biogeophysical effects in	2016	Zhu, Xudong, Zhuang, Qianlai	Biomass, Plant Characteristics
Impacts of climate and reclamation on temporal variations in CH4 emissions from different wetlands in China: from 1950 to 2010	2015	Li, T., Zhang, W., Zhang, Q., Lu, Y., Wang, G., Niu, Z., Raivonen, M., Vesala, T.	Biomass, Plant Characteristics
A big-microsite framework for soil carbon modeling	2014	Davidson, Eric A., Savage, Kathleen E., Finzi, Adrien C.	Biomass, Plant Characteristics, Nutrients, Soil Depth, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Soil Texture, Soil Classification, Soil Porosity, Carbon, Organic Matter, Soil Chemistry, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Ph
Data-Model Needs for Belowground Ecology. A Summary Report from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) Mini-Workshop, May 8, 2014	2014	Bailey, Vanessa, Hanson, Paul J., Jastrow, Julie, Torn, Margaret, Stover, Daniel	Organic Matter, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Classification, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Texture, Phosphorus, Soil Chemistry, Soil Chemistry, Soil Respiration, Soil Respiration, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Biomass, Nutrients, Plant Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Forests, Respiration Rate, Primary Production, Heat Flux, Sediment Transport, Carbon, Nitrogen, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Reflectance, Water Table, Soil Classification, Geomorphic Landforms/Processes, Soil Color, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Structure, Soil Ph, Drainage, Terrain Elevation, Methane, Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, Litter Characteristics, Soil Gas/Air, Isotopes, Reforestation/Revegetation, Soil Gas/Air, Ammonia, Nitrogen Oxides, Ecosystem Functions, Cation Exchange Capacity, Suspended Solids, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species, Humidity, Soil Moisture, Soil Porosity, Nitrogen, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Soil Fertility, Permafrost, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Total Dissolved Solids, Wetlands, Inundation, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Carbon, Nitrous Oxide, Discharge, Groundwater Chemistry, Discharge/Flow, Surface Water Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles