Title: Limited evidence of vertical root segregation in a subtropical forest
Running title: Rooting patterns of subtropical treesKey words: DNA barcoding, rooting plasticity, subtropical forest, vertical root segregation
Type of article: LettersNumber of words in the summary: 150Number of words in the main text: 5021Number of references: 61Number of figures: 5
Wenqi Luo1,2, Ming Ni1,4, Youshi Wang1, Runxuan Lan1, David M. Eissenstat2, James Cahill3, Buhang Li1, Chengjin Chu1*
1State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, China
2Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
3Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
4Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, CanadaCorresponding author: Chengjin Chu (chuchjin@mail.sysu.edu.cn). Tel: (+86) 2084111541. Mailing address: Xingang Xi Road 135, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, ChinaStatement of authorship: WL and CC conceived the project. WL synthesized the data and conducted the analyses with inputs from MN and JC. WL wrote the manuscript with input from CC, JC, YW and D.M.E. WL, RL and BL collected the root and soil data.Data accessibility statement: The data supporting the results will be archived in Dryad and the data DOI will be included once the manuscript is accepted.