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    Testing allometric scaling relationships in plant roots

    Metabolic scaling theory predicts that plant productivity and biomass are both size-dependent. However, this theory has not yet been tested in plant roots.

    Qiang Deng, Zhiyou Yuan, **nrong Shi, T. Ryan Lock in Forest Ecosystems (2020)

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    A global synthesis reveals more response sensitivity of soil carbon flux than pool to warming

    Climate change continues to garner attention in the public sphere. Most recognize its potential to affect global carbon (C) dynamics in the biosphere. Many posit that global warming promotes the decomposition ...

    Chuang Yan, Zhiyou Yuan, **nrong Shi, T. Ryan Lock in Journal of Soils and Sediments (2020)

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    Plant composition changes in a small-scale community have a large effect on the performance of an economically important grassland pest

    The grasshopper Oedaleus asiaticus Bey-Bienko (Acrididae: Oedipodinae) is a dominant and economically important pest that is widely distributed across the Mongolian plateau. This herbivore pest causes major damag...

    **nghu Qin, Huihui Wu, Xunbing Huang, T. Ryan Lock, Robert L. Kallenbach in BMC Ecology (2019)