Often when we characterize plant growth and development, we focus on the above-ground, but less-so the below-ground. Here we focus on the important alpine grasslands of Norway, and we take a dive below to better understand how these communities are utilizing resources such as water and nutrients below-ground, including:

1) Does the biomass of roots differ among alpine, sub-alpine and boreal forest communities? And will these patterns vary across sites with different precipitation levels, and/or
2) Do the roots differ in their characteristics, i.e. root length, dimensions, proportion of fine roots vs tap roots, indicating different resource use across the sites?

For more information, contact Sonya Geange at Sonya.Geange@uib.no and the FUNDER webpage