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A better understanding of ecosystem processes is an important research goal for scientists in the next millennium. It offers the potential to not only make better use of our finite natural resources but also to properly understand the impacts of anthropogenic events such as global climate change. It will also allow us to make more informed assessments of how any deleterious effects may be ameliorated. One of the important research targets for terrestrial ecosystems is to understand biogeochemical cycles, as it is these fluxes (and the processes which drive them), which are fundamental to ecosystem stability.
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Hooker, J.E., Hendrick, R., Atkinson, D. (2000). The Measurement and Analysis of Fine Root Longevity. In: Smit, A.L., Bengough, A.G., Engels, C., van Noordwijk, M., Pellerin, S., van de Geijn, S.C. (eds) Root Methods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04188-8_9
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