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There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits (2018)
Contained below are comments on three main conclusions of the Ma et al. article, “Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits”. Upon examination, none of the three main conclusions of the paper can be maintained. There is no evidence for their assertions regarding the evolution of root traits, novel patterns of root traits that invalidate or supersede the root economic spectrum, nor their generalized patterns of root trait diversity across biomes. Evolution of root traits One of the main findings of Ma et al. was that “plants have evolved thinner roots since…
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