title: Using root form to improve our understanding of root function.
authors.affiliation: Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Bldg 4500N, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6301, USA.
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Iversen
mesh_terms: D065567:Absorption, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D065928:Forests; D060434:Herbivory / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000502:physiology*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000502:physiology*; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D014329:Tropical Climate
keywords: ecoysystem carbon and nutrient cycling; fine roots; plant traits; rhizosphere; root branching patterns; root form; root function