Mioko Ataka

TL;DR: It is found that root exudation positively correlated with competitive traits (root respiration, N concentration) and negatively with conservative trait (root tissue density) and these relations were independent of phylogenetic signals.

TL;DR: In spite of the fact that flux rates of respiration and exudation varied enormously among the fine-root segments of the two Quercus species,Exudation was in proportion to respiration, which gives new insight into thefine-root C-allocation strategy and the belowground C dynamics.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of Asian monsoon rainfall on CH4 absorption of water-unsaturated forest soil were examined, and the differences in flux responses to environmental factors among plots caused large variability in annual budgets of CH4 fluxes.

TL;DR: In this article, CH4 fluxes were continuously measured in a temperate forest soil using six dynamic closed chambers with a laser-based analyzer, where CH4 uptake increased with an increase in soil temperature and a decrease in volumetric water content, where multiple linear regressions using the two variables explained approximately 80% of seasonal variations.