Nutrients
Soil, water and nutrient supply
grassland soil
Root mass is particularly high in grassland soil. More than three-quarters of plant roots are located in the top 10 cm of soil. Dead roots, root fragments, mycorrhizal hyphae, and root exudates of living plants...
Soil water balance in grassland
Quantifying the effects of water balance variables such as precipitation, evaporation, and seepage on yield and vegetation dynamics in grassland is particularly valuable in light of increasingly extreme weather events...