Vegetation in karst terrain of southwestern China allocates more biomass to roots

Ni, J.; Luo, D. H.; Xia, J.; Zhang, Z. H.; Hu, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-799-2015

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-799-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-799-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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02 Jul 2015

Research article |

| 02 Jul 2015

Vegetation in karst terrain of southwestern China allocates more biomass to roots

J. Ni, D. H. Luo, J. Xia, Z. H. Zhang, and G. Hu

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Jul 2015)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C321: 'manuscript comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Mar 2015
- AC C668: 'Response to Referee #1', Jian Ni, 17 May 2015
RC C333: 'ecology', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Apr 2015
- AC C670: 'Response to Referee #2', Jian Ni, 17 May 2015
RC C448: 'Reviewer comment manuscript se-2015-29', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Apr 2015
- AC C673: 'Response to Referee #3', Jian Ni, 17 May 2015

Short summary

The root biomass study of karst (limestone and dolomite) vegetation in southwestern China and even in the word’s karst regions is rarely investigated. The mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaved forest in karst terrain of SW China has higher root biomass, but very high ratio of root to aboveground biomass compared to non-karst subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests. Such findings have significant ecological meanings for vegetation restoration and carbon increment.