Timing of forest fine root production advances with reduced snow cover in northern Japan: implications for climate-induced change in understory and overstory competition

To investigate the effect of reduced snow cover on fine root dynamics in a cool-temperate forest in northern Japan because of decreases in snowfall at high latitudes due to global warming, we monitored root length, production, and mortality before and after snow removal with an in-ground root scanne...

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