| Biome or global vegetation type | Reference | Table or figure | Geographic location | Geographic coordinates | Mean annual precipitation | Soil type/texture | Type of roots measured | Sampling methods | Measurement units | Local vegetation | Elevation | Time of year |
| Arctic tundra | Dennis and Johnson 1970 | Fig. 2 | Alaska, USA | 71:20 N 156:39 W | 104 mm | 2 to 20 cm organic layer over loam | total, live | cores | g m-2 to 30-60 cm | five tundra vegetation types | < 5 m | June-September |
| Arctic tundra | Dennis et al. 1978 | Table 5 | Alaska, USA | 71:20 N 156:39 W | 104 mm | ~16 cm organic layer over loam | total, live/dead, + rhizomes and buried stems | cores | g m-2 to 25 cm | polygonized wet tundra, meadow, Carex, Eriophorum, Calamagrostis, Dupontia | < 5 m | June-August |
| Arctic tundra | Ignatenko and Khakimzyanova 1971 | Table 3 | Komi, Russia | 66:40 N 62:35 E | 340 mm | humus gravel soil and peat humus gley soil, 12-16 cm humus over sandy loam | total, + rhizomes buried stems | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 34 to 48 cm | dwarf Birch, Dryas, Willow | 143 m | no information |
| Arctic tundra | Ignatenko et al. 1972 | Figs. 1-3 | Taimyr Peninsula, Russia | 72:27 N 101:57 E | 243 mm | cryogenic gley with 12-18 cm humus/peat layer over medium loam | total < 5 mm | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | kg m-2 to permafrost at 46 to 64 cm | Carex, Cassiope, Dryas, Hylocomium spotted tundra | no information | no information |
| Arctic tundra | Khodachek 1971 | Table III | Taimyr Peninsula, Russia | 73:20 N 90:37 E | 338 mm | permafrost at 20 to 55 cm | total, 3 diameter classes | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 46 to 50 cm | hummock, spotted, and bog tundra, Salix, Dryas, Carex, mosses | no information | Summer |
| Arctic tundra | Miller et al. 1982 | Fig. 4 | Central Alaska | 65:26 N 145:30 W | 235 mm | living moss and humus layer 6 to >50 cm deep, permafrost at ~50 cm | fine < 0.25 mm | 10 × 10 cm monoliths | % of total mass to 25-57 cm, total mass in kg m-3 | montane tundra, six vegetation types + tussock tundra, | 750 - 1050 m | Summer |
| Arctic tundra | Muc 1977 | Table 5 | Northwest Territories, Canada | 75:33 N 84:40 W | 185 mm | fibric organo cryosol, organic material to >30 cm (permafrost below) | total | 6.5 cm cores | g m-2 to 25 cm | hummocky and hollow sedge-moss meadow, Carex, Eriophorum | 50 m | Summer |
| Boreal forest | Abaimov et al. 1997 | Table 2 | Central Siberia | 64:18 N 100:11 E | 391 mm | permafrost soil | fine < 1 mm | no information | g dm-3 to 70 cm | various stages of post-fire succession in Larix gmelinii forest | no information | no information |
| Boreal forest | Bhatti et al. 1998 | Fig. 1 | Ontario, Canada | 49:03 N 81:30 W | 838 mm | >40 cm peat over lacustrine clay soil | fine < 5 mm | 8 × 8 × 40 cm cores | kg m-3 to 30 cm | Picea mariana, Alnus rugosa, Sphagnum spp. | no information | July |
| Boreal forest | Damman 1971 | Fig. 8 | Newfoundland, Canada | 48:27 N 58:24 W | 1200 mm | raw humus (~6 cm); loamy sand over sandy, glaciofluvial deposits | fine < 10 mm | 500 cm2 frames in humus and 100 cm3 cores | kg ha-1 to 87.5 cm | Abies balsamea, Picea mariana | < 50 m | October |
| Boreal forest | Finér et al. 1997 | Fig. 1 | NW Quebec, Canada | 48:30 N 79:20 W | 823 mm | 5 to 8 cm organic layer over clay deposits | fine < 10 mm, 4 diameter classes | 38 cm2 cores | g m-2 and length (km m-2 ) to 30 cm | Populus, Betula, Abies, Picea, Thuja | 300 m | June |
| Boreal forest | Ignatenko et al. 1972 | Figs. 1-3 | Taimyr Peninsula, Russia | 72:27 N 101:57 E | 243 mm | loam/sandy loam, permafrost at 40-70 cm | total < 5 mm | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | kg m-2 to permafrost (at 48 to 67 cm) | Larix gmelinii woodland | 30 - 150 m | Summer |
| Boreal forest | Karpov 1983 | Fig. 6 | Valdai Hills, Russia | 56:32 N 31:50 E | 640 mm | podzolic gleys, water table at 3 to 40 cm | total | 19.6 cm2 cores | surface area in ha ha-1 to 30 cm | Picea abies, Sorbus, Betula, Vaccinium, Sphagnum | 230 - 270 m | no information |
| Boreal forest | Kimmins and Hawkes 1978 | Tables 2 and 6 | British Columbia, Canada | 54:40 N 122:14 W | 813 mm | sandy podzol | live fine < 6.4 mm, trees/understory | 10 × 10 × 10 cm cores | g m-2 and g m-3 to 80 cm | Picea glauca, Abies lasiocarpa | no information | July and August |
| Boreal forest | Persson 1982 | Table 2 | Central Sweden | 60:49 N 16:30 E | 607 mm | iron-podzol, 7 cm humus layer, fine sand | live/dead < 10 mm, 3 diameter classes, trees/understory | 6.7 cm cores | g m-2 to 60 cm | Pinus sylvestris forest with Calluna/Vaccinium understory | 185 m | June and September |
| Boreal forest | Pietikäinen et al. 1999 | Fig. 1 | Finland | 61:48 N 24:19 E | 709 mm | podzol, fine to coarse sand | total, fine < 2 mm | 4.6 cm cores | kg m-3 to 80 to 85 cm | Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, with Vaccinium understory | 152 m | Summer |
| Boreal forest | Plamboeck et al. 1999 | Fig. 4 | N Sweden | 64:14 N 19:46 E | 571 mm | Regosol, loamy sand to sandy loam | total < 10 mm, fine < 2 mm | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 55 cm | Pinus sylvestris forest with Vaccinium vitis-idea, V. myrtillus | 225 m | July to August |
| Boreal forest | Saurina and Kamenetskaya 1969 | Table 2 | Vologda, Russia | 59:12 N 38:30 E | 550 mm | podzol | fine 0.6 - 5 mm | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g m-2 and number of roots to 240 cm | Pinus sylvestris, Calluna, Carex | no information | no information |
| Boreal forest | Steele et al. 1997 | Fig. 1 | Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada | 53:55 N 105:00 W | 405 mm | 20-30 cm humus over sandy loam | fine < 5 mm | Mini-rhizotrons | length (m m-2 ) to 35 cm | Pinus banksiana, Alnus crispa, and Betula papyrifera | no information | September |
| Boreal forest | Steele et al. 1997 | Fig. 1 | Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada | 55:54 N 98:30 W | 536 mm | 30-50 cm humus over clay | fine < 5 mm | Mini-rhizotrons | length (m m-2 ) to 35 cm | Pinus banksiana, Alnus crispa, and Betula papyrifera | no information | September |
| Boreal forest | Strong and La Roi 1983 | Figs. 2 and 3 | Alberta, Canada | 55:10 N 114:08 W | 475 mm | Eutric Brunisols (sand), gray Luvisols (clay loam), and organic soils | total | Profile wall | number 100 cm-2 to 125 cm | Picea, Pinus, Populus, Larix, 11 stands | no information | Summer |
| Boreal forest | Tryon and Chapin 1983 | Fig. 6 | Alaska, USA | 65:06 N 147:02 W | 220 mm | no information | fine < 1mm, coarse > 1 mm | Excavation and 6.7 cm cores | g m-2 to 30, 50, or 100 cm | Picea mariana, Populus tremuloides, P. balsamifera | no information | August |
| Boreal forest | Uchida et al. 1998 | Table 2 | Saskatchewan, Canada | 53:50 N 105:30 W | 389 mm | 19 cm humus over loamy sand | total, 3 diameter classes | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 44 cm depth | Picea mariana | 500 m | July |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Kern et al. 1961 | Fig. 3, Table 7 | SW Germany | 47:44 N 8:00 E | 1854 mm | podzolic brown soil, brown soil-gley, podzolic gley | fine < 2 mm, 2 diameter classes | 250 cm3 cores | length (cm 1000 cm-3) to 60 or 110 cm | montane forest and plantations, Picea abies, Abies alba, Fagus sylvatica | 950 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Lutz et al. 1937 | Table II and text | New Hampshire, USA | 42:56 N 72:16 W | 1016 mm | gray-brown podzolic soil, sandy loam to loamy sand | total | Profile wall | number per horizon to ~180 cm | Pinus strobus, 35- to 45-years-old | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Nnyamah and Black 1977 | Fig. 12 | Vancouver Island, Canada | 49:50 N 125:17 W | 1100 mm | Duric Humo-Ferric Podzol, gravelly sandy loam | fine < 2 mm | 7.3 cm cores | mg cm-3 to 78 cm | Pseudotsuga menziesii, 2 natural stands (thinned and unthinned) | 150 m | August |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Puhe et al. 1986 | Fig. 7 | S Sweden | 57:26 N 12:15 E | 960 mm | podzolic brown soil | fine < 2 mm, 2 diameter classes, live/dead | cores | g 1000 cm-3 to 30 cm | Picea abies forest | 120 to 180 m | late fall |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Puhe et al. 1986 | Fig. 7 | S Sweden | 56:38 N 13:03 E | 1040 mm | iron-humus podzol | 2 diameter classes, | cores | g 1000 cm-3 to 30 cm | Picea abies forest | 70 m | late fall |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Puhe et al. 1986 | Fig. 7 | S Sweden | 56:12 N 15:23 E | 610 mm | podzolic brown soil | live/dead | cores | g 1000 cm-3 to 30 cm | Picea abies forest | 60 m | late fall |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Safford and Bell 1972 | Table 1 | Maine, USA | 44:56 N 68:39 W | 1033 mm | silt loam | fine < 3 mm | 15 × 15 cm monoliths and 4.75 cm cores | kg m-3 to 45 cm | Picea glauca plantation, 39-years-old | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Vyskot 1973 | Table VI | Czech Republic | 49:19 N 16:40 E | 628 mm | brown forest sandy clay, pseudogley | total, 4 diameter classes | Excavation | g fresh mass per tree and volume (cm3) to 100 cm | Abies alba stand (39 yrs. old) | 460 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:44 N 110:58 W | 550 mm | loam | live < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Pseudotsuga, Symphoricarpus | 1650 m | June |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:55 N 110:55 W | 900 mm | loam | live < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Abies, Vaccinium | 1810 m | June |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:55 N 110:55 W | 900 mm | loam | live < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Pseudotsuga, Calamagrostis | 1830 m | June |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:52 N 110:57 W | 900 mm | sandy loam | live < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Abies, Vaccinium | 2360 m | June |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Wright 1955 | Fig. 1 | Morayshire, Scotland | 57:37 N 3:44 W | 607 mm | coarse and fine sand | total | Cubic monoliths of 15.24 cm length | g 3539.6 cm-3 to 152.4 cm | Pinus laricio, P. sylvestris plantations on dunes | <100 m | July-August |
| Cool-temperate conifer forest | Wright 1955 | Fig. 1 | Morayshire, Scotland | 57:37 N 3:44 W | 607 mm | coarse and fine sand | total | Cubic samples of 15.24 cm length | g 3539.6 cm-3 to 152.4 cm | 40 year-old Betula pubescens forest on dunes | <100 m | July-August |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Ellenberg et al. 1986 | Tables 19 and 20 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 51:46 N 9:33 E | 1060 mm | acidic brown soil, loam | fine < 2 mm | 100 cm3 cores | mg 100 cm-3 to 84 or 94 cm | Fagus sylvatica | 500 m | May to November |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Garelkov 1973 | Table 3 | W Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria | 43:06 N 23:07 E | 1100 mm | brown forest soil | fine < 1 mm, coarse > 1 mm | monoliths | Mg ha-1 to 100 cm | montane Fagus sylvatica forests | 1400-1600 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Glatzel 1983 | Fig. 3 | SE Austria | 47:03 N 16:27 E | 750 mm | heavy pseudogley, silt loam | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 7 cm cores | g cm-1 m-2 to 100 cm | Quercus petraea, Q. robur, Carpinus betulus | 240 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Hendriks and Bianchi 1995 | Table 3 | The Netherlands | 52:16 N 5:41 E | 760 mm | fine loamy brown podzol, siliceous, mesic Entic Haplorthod | fine < 2 mm | 750 cm3 cores | length (cm cm-3) to 90 cm | Fagus sylvatica forest and Fagus sylvatica-Pseudotsuga menziesii plantation | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Hertel 1999 | Fig. 4-9 | Solling, Germany | 51:46 N 9:35 E | 1031 mm | acidic brown soil, loam | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 100 cm3 cores | g cm-3 to 160 cm | Fagus sylvatica | 510 m | May to September |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Hertel 1999 | Fig. 4-9 | Lüneburger Heide, Germany | 52:50 N 10:17 E | 801 mm | podzolic brown soil, sand | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 100 cm3 cores | g cm-3 to 160 cm | Fagus sylvatica | 115 m | May to September |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Hertel 1999 | Fig. 4-9 | Göttinger Wald, Germany | 51:31 N 10:03 E | 712 mm | rendzina, silty clay loam | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 100 cm3 cores | g cm-3 to 160 cm | Fagus sylvatica | 420 m | May to September |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Hertel 1999 | Fig. 4-9 | Allstedt, Germany | 51:23 N 11:26 E | 500 mm | brown soil, loamy sand | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 100 cm3 cores | g cm-3 to 160 cm | Fagus sylvatica | 280 m | May to September |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Kalisz et al. 1987 | Fig. 2 | Kentucky, USA | 37:27 N 83:08 W | 1170 mm | stony, sandy loams to silt loams | total | 10.4 cm cores | length (m m-3) to bedrock at 86 or 109 cm | Quercus spp., Fagus, Carya, Liriodendron | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Kochenderfer 1973 | Table 1 | West Virginia, USA | 39:07 N 79:34 W | 1300 mm | loams and silt loams | total | Profile wall | % of intersection to 210 cm | 3 forest types: northern hardwood, cove hardwood, and oak-hickory | 457-1067 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Kreutzer 1968 | Table 2 | Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 48:04 N 9:57 E | 830 mm | pseudogley, loam, over gravelly soil | total, 5 diameter classes | 1 m2 monoliths | biomass, no units given, to 90 (110) cm | 10 tree species, incl. 2 conifers, Quercus, Fagus, Carpinus, Alnus, Betula, Picea, Abies | 607 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Lucot and Bruckert 1992 | Fig. 5 | Franche-Comté, France | 47:08 N 6:00 E | 1100 mm | silty clay loam, limestone bedrock at 4.2 m | total, 4 diameter classes | Profile wall | area of intersections (cm2 100 cm-2 ) and % of total to 400 cm | Quercus robur | 355 m | Spring |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | McClaugherty et al. 1982 | Table 1 | Massachusetts, USA | 42:30 N 72:12 W | 1050 mm | Entic Haplorthods (Spodosols), very stony sandy loam | fine < 3 mm, live/dead | 19 mm and 50 mm cores | Mg/ha to depth of rooting zone, to 60-120 cm | mixed hardwood stand | no information | Mean annual |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Safford 1974 | Table 1 | New Hampshire, USA | 44:06 N 71:09 W | 1270 mm | Typic Fragiorthod, coarse loam | fine < 3 mm | 10 × 10 cm samples from profile wall | g 100 cm-3 to 81 cm | Fagus, Acer, and Betula | 300 m | June to July |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Schulze et al. 1996 | Table 3 | Patagonia, Argentina | 44:50 S 71:43 W | 770 mm | 0.15 cm humus over loam, large rocks at >1.05 m | total | Monoliths | g m-2 to 200 cm | Nothofagus pumila forest | 1080 m | March |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Schulze et al. 1996 | Table 3 | Patagonia, Argentina | 44:51 S 71:35 W | 520 mm | 0.05 cm humus over silt, loamy sand, gravelly sand | total | Monoliths | g m-2 to 225 cm | Nothofagus antarctica scrub | 960 m | March |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Scully 1942 | Table 2 | Wisconsin, USA | 42:34 N 88:29 W | 800 mm | Bellefontaine silt loam to 0.33 m, sandy clay below | total | Profile wall | number 929 cm-2 ; % root area 929 cm-2 , to 91.4 cm | maple-oak forest | <1030 m | Summer |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:41 N 111:02 W | 550 mm | loam | live, fine < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Populus, Symphoricarpus | 1560 m | June |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:55 N 110:55 W | 900 mm | loam | live, fine < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Populus, Poa | 1830 m | June |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest | Yin et al. 1989 | Fig. 1 | Wisconsin, USA | 44:06 N 91:12 W | 792 mm | Typic Hapludalf, loam and silt loam | fine < 2 mm | 10 cm cores | % biomass to 60 cm | Quercus rubra forest | no information | November |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Gehrmann et al. 1984 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 51:57 N 9:44 E | 781 mm | podzol | fine < 2 mm | Root cores | no information | Picea abies plantation | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Glatzel 1983 | Fig. 3 | SE Austria | 47:03 N 16:27 E | 750 mm | heavy pseudogley, silt loam | fine < 2 mm, coarse, > 2 mm | 7 cm cores | g cm-1 m-2 to 100 cm | Picea abies plantation (16 yrs. old) | 240 m | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Hendriks and Bianchi 1995 | Table 3 | The Netherlands | 52:15 N 5:41 E | 760 mm | fine loamy brown podzol, silicaceous, mesic Entic Haplorthod | fine < 2 mm | 750 cm3 cores | length (cm cm-3) to 90 cm | Pseudotsuga menziesii plantations, 40- and 60-years-old | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | McClaugherty et al. 1982 | Table 1 | Massachusetts, USA | 42:30 N 72:12 W | 1050 mm | Entic Haplorthods (Spodosol), very stony, sandy loam | fine < 3 mm, live/dead | 19 mm and 50 mm soil cores | Mg ha-1 to 60 to 120 cm | Pinus resinosa plantation, 53-years old | no information | Mean annual |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Olsthoorn 1991 | Table 2 | The Netherlands | 52:11 N 5:46 E | 760 mm | Leptic podzol, sand | live fine < 2 mm, coarse > 5 mm | 8 cm cores | kg ha-1 and cm cm-3 to 80 cm | Pseudotsuga menziesii plantation | no information | Summer of 3 years |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Olsthoorn 1991 | Table 2 | The Netherlands | 52:15 N 5:41 E | 760 mm | Orthic podzol, loamy sand | live fine < 2 mm, coarse > 5 mm | 8 cm cores | kg ha-1 and cm cm-3 to 80 cm | Pseudotsuga menziesii plantation | no information | Summer of 3 years |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Persson et al. 1995 | Table 1 | SW Sweden | 56:33 N 13:13E | 720 mm | Haplic podzol, loamy sand | fine < 1 mm, live/dead | Monoliths | g m-2 to 100 cm | Picea abies plantation | 100 m | June |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Reynolds 1970 | Table 4 | Oxford, England | 51:43 N 1:15 W | 650 mm | coarse sand or sandy loam | total | 6 cm cores | kg m-2 to 107 cm | Pseudotsuga menziesii plantation, 36-years-old | no information | no information |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Roberts 1976 | Table 1 | East Anglia, England | 52:25 N 0:44 E | 570 mm | acidic sand (0.5-1.5 m thick) over chalky drift | total live | 7.62 cm cores | length (cm cm-2 and cm cm-3) to 183 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | no information | Mean of 7 months |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 53:08 N 9:47 E | 740 mm | Syrosem | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 70 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 52:36 N 10:02 E | 700 mm | iron-humus podzol | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 40 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 53:08 N 9:47 E | 740 mm | podzol-brown soil | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 85 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 52:50 N 10:17 E | 705 mm | mire | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 78 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 52:41 N 10:08 E | 700 mm | podzolic brown soil | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 68 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 53:04 N 10:34 E | 600 mm | para-brown soil | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 55 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 52:15 N 11:02 E | 630 mm | pseudogley brown soil | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 145 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Scherfose 1990 | Fig. 6 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 51:35 N 9:51 E | 610 mm | Terra fusca brown soil | fine < 2 mm, live/dead | 20 × 20 × 100 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and # of root tips to 100 cm | Pinus sylvestris plantation | 180 m | spring and fall |
| Cool-temperate broadleaved forest (conifer plantation) | Xu 1991 | Table 17 | Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 50:00 N 7:06 E | 700 - 1000 mm | pseudogley and brown soil | fine < 5 mm, 2 diameter classes | Profile wall | number 0.2 m-2 to 100 cm | Abies grandis and Picea abies plantations | 300 - 550 m | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Chen et al. 1994 | Tables 4 and 6 | W Guangdon Province, S China | 23:27 N 111:53 E | 1744 mm | red, fine-textured soil | live, total, fine < 3 m | Profile wall and 4 cm cores | number 5 m-2 to 500 cm; g m-2 to 100 cm | lower montane evergreen forest | 400 m | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Davis et al. 1983 | Table 1 | Tasmania, Australia | 41:23 S 146:23 E | 1100 mm | kraznozem | total | 10.16 cm cores | length (mm cm-3) to 80 cm | Pinus radiata plantations | no information | Winter |
| Warm-temperate forest | Davis et al. 1983 | Table 1 | Tasmania, Australia | 42:05 S 145:17 E | 1300 mm | groundwater podzol | total | 10.16 cm cores | length (mm cm-3) to 80 cm | Pinus radiata plantations | no information | Winter |
| Warm-temperate forest | Davis et al. 1983 | Table 1 | Tasmania, Australia | 41:21 S 146:30 E | 1100 mm | podzol | total | 10.16 cm cores | length (mm cm-3) to 80 cm | Pinus radiata plantations | no information | Winter |
| Warm-temperate forest | Davis et al. 1983 | Table 1 | Tasmania, Australia | 41:21 S 146:30 E | 1100 mm | podzol | total | 10.16 cm cores | length (mm cm-3) to 80 cm | Pinus radiata plantations | no information | Winter |
| Warm-temperate forest | Davis et al. 1983 | Table 1 | Tasmania, Australia | 41:14 S 147:31 E | 1100 mm | podzol | total | 10.16 cm cores | length (mm cm-3) to 80 cm | Pinus radiata plantations | no information | Winter |
| Warm-temperate forest | Duncan 1941 | Table 7 | North Carolina, USA | 35:59 N 78:58 W | 1190 mm | Congaree clay loam, Georgeville clay, and Orange loam | total | Profile wall | number per 929 cm2 to 45.7 cm | Liquidambar, Liriodendron, Quercus, Acer, Platanus, Betula, Pinus | no information | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Farrish 1991 | Table 2 | Louisiana, USA | 33:00 N 92:41 W | 1300 mm | fine-loamy, siliceous, Theric Typic Paleudults, loamy sand over clay loam | live, fine < 3 mm | 8 cm cores | mass (mg cm-3) and surface area (cm2 cm-3) to 90 cm | Pinus taeda, Quercus falcata, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar | no information | Various |
| Warm-temperate forest | Harris et al. 1977 | Table 3 and Fig. 3 | North Carolina, USA | 35:56 N 79:19 W | 1160 mm | Typic Hapludults, loam | total, 4 diameter classes | monoliths and 10 cm cores | kg ha-1 to 60 and 70 cm | Pinus taeda plantation, 15-years-old | no information | Mean annual |
| Warm-temperate forest | Harris et al. 1977 | Table 3 and Fig. 3 | Tennessee, USA | 36:01 N 84:16 W | 1390 mm | Typic Paleudults, silt loam | total, 4 diameter classes | monoliths and 10 cm cores | kg ha-1 to 60 and 70 cm | mixed deciduous forest, Liriodendron tulipifera | no information | Mean annual |
| Warm-temperate forest | Isagi et al. 1997 | Fig. 1 | Central Honshu, Japan | 34:56 N 135:46 E | 1581 mm | no information | total + rhizomes | 100 × 100 × 90 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 90 cm | bamboo stand, Phyllostachys pubescens | 65 m | October |
| Warm-temperate forest | Karizumi 1978 | Table 2.2-7 | Honshu, Japan | no information | no information | no information | total | monoliths | % mass to 240 cm | conifer plantations | no information | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Karizumi 1978 | Table 2.2-7 | SW Honshu, Japan | 32:10 N 130:28 E | 2680 mm | brown forest soil | total | monoliths | % root mass by depth to 240 cm | evergreen oak forest, Cyclobalanopsis and Castanopsis | 440 m | December |
| Warm-temperate forest | Parker and Van Lear 1996 | Fig. 1 | South Carolina, USA | 34:41 N 82:49 W | 1350 mm | clay to sandy clay loams | total | Profile wall | number to 100 cm | Pinus taeda | no information | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Qiu et al. 1984 | Fig. 3 | Yunnan, China | 24:33 N 101.02 E | >1000 mm | yellow-brown soils | total | monoliths | to 150 cm | montane evergreen forest, Lithocarpus, Castanopsis | 2500 m | April-May |
| Warm-temperate forest | Qiu et al. 1992 | Fig. 6.7 | Zhejiang Province, China | 30:01 N 120:15 E | 1800 mm | acidic red soil over sandstone (at ~ 0.6 m) | total | 20 × 20 cm soil pits | kg m-2 to 100 cm | bamboo stand, Phyllostachys pubescens | 100 m | spring |
| Warm-temperate forest | Rui et al. 1999 | Fig. 5 | Sichuan, China | 29:50 N 106:26 E | 1123 mm | acidic, yellowish sandy soil | total, live, dead, 3 diameter classes, + rhizomes | 100 × 100 × 90 cm monoliths | Mg ha-1 to 90 cm | bamboo stand, Phyllostachys pubescens | 215 m | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Turner 1936 | Table 1 | Arkansas, USA | 34:01 N 93:56 W | 1270 mm | Hanceville fine sandy loam | total, 6 diameter classes | Profile wall | number to 91 cm | Pinus echinata forests | 120 m | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Turner 1936 | Table 1 | Arkansas, USA | 33:13 N 91:48 W | 1370 mm | Caddo silt loam | total, 6 diameter classes | Profile wall | number to 91 cm | Pinus echinata forests | 50-60 m | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Turner 1936 | Table 1 | Arkansas, USA | 33:13 N 93:14 W | 1120 mm | Susquehanna fine sandy loam | total, 6 diameter classes | Profile wall | number to 91 cm | Pinus echinata forests | 100 m | no information |
| Warm-temperate forest | Van Rees and Comerford 1986 | Table 2 | Florida, USA | 29:40 N 82:15 W | 1330 mm | Ultic Haplaquads, sand to 105 cm, sandy loam to sandy clay loam below | total | 10 cm cores | g m-2 to 245 cm | Pinus elliottii with understory of Serenoa repens, Ilex glabra | 53 m | May |
| Temperate or boreal heathland | Aerts 1993 | Figs. 3.8 | The Netherlands | 52:02 N 5:50 E | 800 mm | humus podzol | total | 10 ×50 cm monoliths | g m-2 and % of total to 100 cm | dry heathland, Calluna vulgaris, Molinia caerulea, Deschampsia flexuosa | no information | August |
| Temperate or boreal heathland | Chapman 1970 | Fig. 1 | Dorset, England | 50:43 N 2:49 W | 800 mm | well-developed humus-iron podzols, sand | total | 9 cm cores | kg ha-1 to 40 cm | dry heathland, Calluna vulgaris, Ulex minor | 15 m | July |
| Temperate or boreal heathland | Damman 1971 | Fig. 8 | Newfoundland, Canada | 48:27 N 58:24 W | 1200 mm | raw humus (~30 cm), loamy sand over sandy glaciofluvial deposits | total < 10 mm | 500 cm2 frames (humus) and 100 cm3 cores | kg ha-1 to 87.5 cm | Kalimia angustifolia | < 50 m | October |
| Temperate or boreal heathland | Groves and Specht 1965 | Figs. 3 and 4 | Victoria, SE Australia | 39:00 S 146:17 E | 1090 mm | deep aeolian sand | live/dead | 4.2 cm cores | kg 0.0762 m-3 to 152.4 cm | coastal "sand heath" | no information | no information |
| Temperate or boreal heathland | Groves and Specht 1965 | Figs. 3 and 4 | Victoria, SE Australia | 38:52 S 146:23 E | 1090 mm | groundwater podzol, sand over clayey sand | live/dead | 4.2 cm cores | kg 0.0762 m-3 to 61 cm | costal "wet heath", Casuarina, Leptospermum | no information | no information |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Bickova and Zirin 1963 (cited in Evdokimova and Grishina 1968) | Vladimir, Russia | 56:15 N 41:15 E | 591 mm | soddy meadow soil, meadow soil, boggy soil, water table at 120 to 350 cm | Total | monoliths | 50 kg ha-1 to 80 cm | flood plain meadows on three soil types | no information | no information | |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Ellenberg et al. 1986 | Table 46 | Lower Saxony, Germany | 51:46 N 9:32 E | 1060 mm | acidic brown soil, loam | total, incl. rhizomes | cores | Mg ha-1 to 60 cm | Trisetum, Festuca meadow | 500 m | 2 year average |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Fiala and Studeny 1988 | Table 1 | Czech Republic | 49:43 N 15:58 E | 700-850 mm | no information given | live/dead | 9.6 cm cores | kg m-2 and % of total to 30 cm | Nardus stricta | 625 mm | July |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Fiala 1990 | Table 5 | Czech Republic | 49:40 N 16:00 E | 700-850 mm | no information given | total, live/dead | 9 cm cores | kg m-2 and % of total to 30 cm | three meadow communities | 630-70 m | August |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Gisi and Oertli 1981 | Fig. 2 | Switzerland | 47:25 N 7:29 E | 800 mm | clay loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 100 cm3 cores | kg m-3 to 25 cm | montane meadow | 785 m | April to September |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Linkola and Tiirikka 1936 | Table 7 | Karelia, Russia | 61:36 N 30:41 E | 570 mm | sand, sand over loam, or loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | g 400 cm-2 and % of total to 120 cm | 3 types of meadows, dry to moist | no information | no information |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Plewczynska-Kuras 1976 | Table 4 | Warsaw, Poland | 52:17 N 21:03 E | 548 mm | brown alluvial medium gleyed soils, loamy sand, water table at 0.5 to 1.5 m | total | 11.3 cm cores | g m-2 to 3 cm | meadows | no information | April to November |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Wright 1955 | Fig. 1 | Morayshire, Scotland | 57:37 N 3:44 W | 607 mm | coarse and fine sand | total | Cubic samples of 15.24 cm length | g 3539.6 cm-3 to 152.4 cm | dune meadow, Ammophila arenaria, Carex arenaria, Calluna vulgaris | <100 m | July-August |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Yano and Kayama 1975 | Table 6.2-3 | N Honshu, Japan | 38:44 N 140:15 E | 1600 mm | clay or clay loam | total | 0.1 × 0.5 × 1.1 m monoliths | g m-2 to 60 or 110 cm | Miscanthus sinensis | 500 m | July to November |
| Meadow in the temperate or boreal forest zone | Yano and Kayama 1975 | Fig. 6.2-7 | central Honshu, Japan | 35:10 N 134:45 E | 2313 mm | clay or clay loam | total | 0.1 × 0.5 × 1.1 m monoliths | g m-2 to 60 or 110 cm | Miscanthus sinensis | 810 m | July to November |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Ares and Peinemann 1992 | Table 7 | Sierra de la Ventana, Argentina | 38:00 S 62:02 W | 670 - 920 mm | primarily Mollisols, pure loess, loam | fine < 2 mm | 7 cm cores and monoliths | kg ha-1 to 50 cm | conifer plantations, Pinus halepensis, P. radiata, Cedrus deodara, Cupressus sempervirens | 300 to 600 m | Autumn |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Barker et al. 1988 | Fig. 1 | North Island, New Zealand | 40:20 S 175:52 E | 1246 mm | no information | total | 5 cm cores | mass (kg m-3), length (km m-3), surface area (m2 m-3) to 80 cm | Agrostis, Lolium, Cynosurus, Holcus, Trifolium | no information | January |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Dahlman and Kucera 1965 | Table 1 | Missouri, USA | 38:57 N 91:56 W | 1016 mm | fine loess with clay pan | total | 4.2 cm cores | g m-2 to 86.4 cm | tallgrass prairie, Andropogon gerardi, Andropogon scoparius | no information | April to January |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Greenwood and Hutchinson 1998 | Fig. 1 | New South Wales, Australia | 30:38 S 151:34 E | 793 mm | gleyed podzolic prairie soil and "wiesenboden" | total, 5 diameter classes | 3.85 cm cores | length (cm cm-3) to 75 cm, also volume and surface area | Phalaris aquatica, Trifolium repens | 1065 m | January/February |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Joffre et al. 1987 | Table 2 and Fig. 2 | Andalucía, S Spain | 37:41 N 5:55 W | 720 mm | sandy silt, granitic | total | 900 cm2 monoliths | mass in g m-2 and length in cm cm-3 to 60 cm | Mediterranean grassland, annual Vulpia ssp. and perennial Phalaris aquatica | no information | October to May |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | McKell et al. 1962 | Fig. 2 | California, USA | 38:58 N 123:07 W | 889 mm | Sutherlin fine gravelly clay loam | Macro-organic matter | 6 cm cores | g 929 cm-2 to 61 cm | unimproved annual grassland | 670 m | Spring |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Old 1969 | Table 8 | Illinois, USA | 40:10 N 88:10 W | 910 mm | Mollisol or Alfisol | total | 8 cm cores | g m-2 to 100 cm | tallgrass prairie, Andropogon gerardi, Sorghastrum nutans | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Shackleton et al. 1988 | Table 2 | Mkambati Game Reserve, South Africa | 31:17 S 30:00 E | 1200 mm | Tristachya site: loamy sand; Cymbopogon site: silty clay | total | 8.2 cm cores | g m-2 and % of total to 100 cm | Tristachya leucothrix, Cymbopogon validus | 80 and 300 m | April |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Shalyt and Zhivotenko 1968 | Table 3 | Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine | 44:32 N 34:12 E | 1000 mm | meadow soil | total, 3 diameter classes, + rhizomes | monoliths | g m-2 to 30 cm | montane 'Jaila' steppe | 1300 m | June to July |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Shalyt 1950 | Tables 3-7 | Dubrovka, Ukraine | 50:20 N 27:24 E | 590 mm | podzols, clayey sand or sandy loam | total (in tables), | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 100 to 240 cm | Nardus stricta | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Shalyt 1950 | Table 19 | Streletskaya steppe, Russia | 51:43 N 36:13 E | 590 mm | Haplic chernozem, clay loam | fine/coarse, | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 100 to 240 cm | Poa, Koeleria | 230 m | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Sims and Singh 1978 | Table 2 | Bridger (Montana) | 45:57 N 110:47 W | 900 mm | silt loam, stony | total | cores | g m-2 to up to 60 cm | montane steppe | 2340 m | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver and Darland 1949 | Tables 2-4 | E Nebraska, USA | 40:53 N 96:42 W | 700 mm | silt clay loam, clay loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 7.6 × 29.9 cm monoliths | g 3466 cm-3 to 91.4 or 152.4 cm | tallgrass/mixed prairie | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver and Darland 1949 | Tables 2-4 | E Nebraska, USA | 40:18 N 97:40 W | 680 mm | silt loam to clay loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 7.6 × 29.9 cm monoliths | g 3466 cm-3 to 91.4 or 152.4 cm | tallgrass/mixed prairie | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver and Darland 1949 | Tables 2-4 | N Kansas, USA | 39:49 N 97:33 W | 1100 mm | rendzina, silty clay loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 7.6 × 29.9 cm monoliths | g 3466 cm-3 to 91.4 or 152.4 cm | tallgrass/mixed prairie | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver and Darland 1949 | Tables 2-4 | Central Nebraska, USA | 41:22 N 99:35 W | 580 mm | silt loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 7.6 × 29.9 cm monoliths | g 3466 cm-3 to 91.4 or 152.4 cm | tallgrass/mixed prairie | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver and Darland 1949 | Tables 2-4 | Central Nebraska, USA | 40:42 N 99:06 W | 580 mm | silt loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 7.6 × 29.9 cm monoliths | g 3466 cm-3 to 91.4 or 152.4 cm | tallgrass/mixed prairie | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:52 N 110:57 W | 960 mm | sandy loam or loam | live, fine < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Festuca, Agropyron | 2330 m | June |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver et al. 1935 | Tables 3 and 4 | E Nebraska, USA | 40:53 N 96:42 W | 710 mm | dark, greyish brown loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 100 × 100 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 122 or 213 cm | Andropogon scoparius | no information | no information |
| Prairie and other mesic grasslands | Weaver et al. 1935 | Tables 3 and 4 | E Nebraska, USA | 40:44 N 95:54 W | 865 mm | dark, heavy silt loam | total, incl. rhizomes | 100 × 100 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 122 or 213 cm | Andropogon furcatus | no information | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Boikov and Kharitonov 1998 | Table 2 | Buryatia, Russia | 51:57 N 106:47 E | 435 mm | montane Kastanozem | total | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 50 cm | montane steppe, Festuca lenensis, Stipa baicalensis, Filifolium sibiricum | no information | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Coupland and Brayshaw 1953 | Table VII | Saskatchewan, Canada | 52:08 N 106:38 W | 360 mm | black and dark-brown soils, loam | total | 7.6 × 30.5 cm monoliths | g 232.6 cm-2 to 122 cm | mixed prairie, Festuca scabrella, Koeleria, Hesperostipa | no information | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Coupland et al. 1975 | Table 3 | Saskatchewan, Canada | 50:42 N 107:48 W | 338 mm | lacustrine clay | total, live/dead | no information | g m-2 to 150 cm | mixed prairie, Agropyron, Carex, Koeleria | 680 m | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Distel and Fernández 1988 | Table 1 | La Pampa Province, Argentina | 38:45 S 63:45 W | 400 mm | Typic Paleorthid, medium to heavy texture, petrocalcic horizon at 40 to 60 cm | total live | Root observation chambers | number 100 cm-2 to 60 cm | semi-arid grassland, Stipa tenuis, Piptochaetium napostaense | no information | July to April |
| Semi-arid steppe | Hulbert 1955 | Fig. 6 | W Idaho, USA | 46:27 N 117:01 W | 355 mm | loam, caliche at 1.2 m | total | 8 cm cores | mg 1000 cm-3 to 160 cm | Bromus tectorum and other Bromus species | 350 m | June |
| Semi-arid steppe | Lee and Lauenroth 1994 | Fig. 2 | Colorado, USA | 40:49 N 104:47 W | 321 mm | sandy clay loam, and sandy loam | total | Monolith | length (cm) per individual to 110 cm | shortgrass steppe, Bouteloua gracilis, Atriplex canescens, Gutierezia sarothrae | 1650 m | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Liang et al. 1989 | Fig. 2 | Colorado, USA | 40:49 N 104:46 W | 311 mm | sandy loam or clay loam | fine < 2 mm | 5 cm cores | g m-2 to 90 cm | shortgrass steppe | 1650 m | September |
| Semi-arid steppe | Schulze et al. 1996 | Table 3 | Patagonia, Argentina | 44:53 S 71:20 W | 290 mm | gravelly to rocky sandy loam | total, fine, coarse, + rhizomes and bulbs | Monolith | g m-2 to 200 cm | Festuca grassland with Mulinum spinosum shrubs | 1160 m | March |
| Semi-arid steppe | Shalyt 1950 | Tables 23-24 | Khomutov, S Ukraine | 47:17 N 38:00 E | 438 mm | Chernozem, clay loam | total, fine, coarse, + rhizomes and bulbs | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 100 to 240 cm | Stipa steppe | no information | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Shalyt 1950 | Tables 39ff. | Askaniya-Nova, S Ukraine | 46:30 N 33:58 E | 390 mm | solonized soils, solonetz | total, fine, coarse, + rhizomes and bulbs | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 100 to 240 cm | semi-arid steppe | no information | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Shalyt 1950 | Tables 64-67 | Sivash Bay, S Ukraine | 46:07 N 34:12 E | 400 mm | Kastanozem | total, fine, coarse, + rhizomes and bulbs | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 100 to 240 cm | semi-arid steppe | no information | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Sims and Singh 1978 | Table 2 | Cottonwood (South Dakota) | 43:57 N 101:52 W | 400 mm | silty clay loam | total | cores | g m-2 to up to 60 cm | mixed prairie | 744 m | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Sims and Singh 1978 | Table 2 | Dickinson (North Dakota) | 46:54 N 102:49 W | 400 mm | loamy fine sand | total | cores | g m-2 to up to 60 cm | mixed prairie | 784 m | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Sims and Singh 1978 | Table 2 | Pantex (Texas) | 35:18 N 101:32 W | 500 mm | silty clay loam | total | cores | g m-2 to up to 60 cm | shortgrass steppe | 1075 m | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Sims and Singh 1978 | Table 2 | Pawnee (Colorado) | 40:49 N 104:46 W | 300 mm | fine sandy loam | total | cores | g m-2 to up to 60 cm | shortgrass steppe | 1652 m | no information |
| Semi-arid steppe | Singh and Coleman 1977 | Table 2 | Colorado, USA | 40:49 N 104:46 W | 300 mm | fine sandy loam | total, live/dead | 4.5 cm cores | g m-2 to 60 cm | shortgrass prairie | 1630 m | May, July, September |
| Semi-arid steppe | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:52 N 111:11 W | 360 mm | sandy loam or loam | live, fine < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Agropyron, Bouteloua | 1360 m | June |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Christie 1978 | Fig. 6 | SW Queensland, Australia | 26:24 S 146:16 E | 483 mm | red earth, sand | total | 5 cm cores | kg ha-1 to 80 or 120 cm | native grassland (C3) on former mulga savanna | 306 m | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Christie 1978 | Fig. 6 | SW Queensland, Australia | 26:10 S 146:16 E | 483 mm | red earth, sand | total | 5 cm cores | kg ha-1 to 80 or 120 cm | sown C4 grassland on former mulga savanna | 306 m | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Heitschmidt et al. 1988 | Fig. 5 | Texas, USA | 34:09 N 99:17 W | 650 mm | Typic Paleustoll, clay | total > 2 mm | Profile wall | number to 200 cm | Prosopis glandulosa savanna | no information | Summer |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Johnsen 1962 | Table 9 | E Arizona, USA | 34:22 N 109:23 W | 297 mm | no information | total | monoliths | g/(1769.8 or 3539.6 cm3) to 61 cm | Juniperus monosperma stand and grassland | 2000 m | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Lavrinenko 1972 | Figs. 33, 42, 50, 60, 61, 63, Table 64 | Dymer, Ukraine | 50:44 N 30:19 E | 590 mm | forest soil, loamy sand | fine < 2 mm | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | surface area in cm2 or volume in cm3 per depth interval to 110, 150, or 200 cm | Pinus sylvestris | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Lavrinenko 1972 | Figs. 33, 42, 50, 60, 61, 63, Table 64 | Trostyanets, Ukraine | 50:28 N 35:48 E | 552 mm | acidic loamy soil | fine < 2 mm | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | surface area in cm2 or volume in cm3 per depth interval to 110, 150, or 200 cm | Fraxinus, Quercus | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Lavrinenko 1972 | Figs. 33, 42, 50, 60, 61, 63, Table 64 | Bila Tserkva, Ukraine | 49:48 N 30:07 E | 627 mm | calcic chernozem, loam | fine < 2 mm | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | surface area in cm2 or volume in cm3 per depth interval to 110, 150, or 200 cm | Fraxinus, Quercus | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Lavrinenko 1972 | Figs. 33, 42, 50, 60, 61, 63, Table 64 | Boguslav, Ukraine | 49:32 N 30:52 E | 615 mm | acidic forest-steppe soil | fine < 2 mm | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | surface area in cm2 or volume in cm3 per depth interval to 110, 150, or 200 cm | Larix decidua, Quercus robur | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Lavrinenko 1972 | Figs. 33, 42, 50, 60, 61, 63, Table 64 | Kirovohrad, Ukraine | 48:30 N 32:16 E | 520 mm | chernozem, loam | fine < 2 mm | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | surface area in cm2 or volume in cm3 per depth interval to 110, 150, or 200 cm | Fraxinus excelsior, Betula | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Midwood et al. 1998 | Fig. 4 | Texas, USA | 27:39 N 98:13 W | 716 mm | sandy loam, with and without argillic horizon | total | 5 cm cores | kg m-2 to 150 cm | Prosopis glandulosa groves, shrub-clusters, and grassland | 75-90 m | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Popov 1979 | Table 33 | Badkhys State Reserve, S Turkmenistan | 35:18 N 62:24 E | 289 mm | sandy loam to loam | total, fine < 1mm | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 320 cm | Pistacea vera woodland | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Samoilova 1968 | Fig. 1 | Voronezh, Ukraine | 51:43 N 39:15 E | 480 mm | alluvial, brown sandy soil | total | monoliths | Mg ha-1 to 200 cm | Tilia cordata, and Quercus robur/Tilia stand | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Usol'tsev and Krepkii 1994 | Table 1 | Amanqaraghay, Khazakstan | 52:25 N 64:03 E | 255 mm | sod-pine-forest soils, 2-4 m sand over loam or clay, water table at 2.7 m | total, 5 diameter classes | Root system excavation | kg per tree to 260 cm | natural Pinus sylvestris forest in the forest step | no information | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Watts 1993 | Table E2 | Texas, USA | 27:39 N 98:13 W | 716 mm | sandy loam, with and without argillic horizon | total, 4 diameter classes | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 200 cm | Prosopis glandulosa groves, shrub-clusters, and grassland | 75-90 m | no information |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:44 N 110:59 W | 550 mm | loam | live < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Artemisia tridentata | 1570 m | June |
| Temperate shrub/tree savanna or forest steppe | Weaver 1977 | Table 4 | Montana, USA | 45:48 N 110:48 W | 900 mm | loam | live < 5 mm | 2 cm cores | g m-2 to 70 cm | Festuca idahoensis | 1780 m | June |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Carbon et al. 1980 | Fig. 2 | SW Australia | 32:16 S 116:23 E | 700 to 1200 mm | gravelly sand (~0.9 m) over sandy loam (~3 m) over clay | total | 5 cm cores | root length in cm cm-3 10 1500 (2100) cm | Eucalyptus marginata | no information | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Davis and Pase 1977 | Table 3 | Central Arizona, USA | 33:35 N 111:16 W | 653 mm | Udic Ustochrepts, very gravelly sandy loam, weathered granite | total | Excavation | g 0.84 m-3 to 180 cm | Quercus turbinella | 1006 m | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Higgins et al. 1987 | Table 5 | Cape Province, South Africa | 33:57 S 18:55 E | 1700 mm | loamy sand, few stones | total, 6 diameter classes | Hydraulic excavation | % root mass to 300 cm | Protea, Erica, Leucadendron, Cliffortia, Otholobium | 400 m | April |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Kosmas et al. 1996 | Fig. 10.5 | Greece | 37:58 N 23:55 E | 496 mm | Typic or calcic Xerochrepts, gravelly loam to clay loam | total | 10 cm cores, sampled discontinuously | g m-2 to 120 cm | Olea europea trees and annual grasses and forbs | 140 m | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Kummerow and Mangan 1981 | Table IV | California, USA | 32:47 N 116:32 W | 460 mm | sandy and clay loam, 30% stones in upper 0.2 m | total, 4 diameter classes | Plant excavations and cores | g 36 m-2 to 100 cm; fine roots (g 100 cm-3) to 40 cm | Cercocarpus, Quercus, Eriogonum, Adenostoma, and Ceanothus | 1400 m | April-May |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Kummerow et al. 1990 | Fig. 2 | Montpelier, France | 43:42 N 3:51 E | 900 mm | rich, loamy soil, 30-50 cm deep, over fractured limestone | total, 3 diameter classes | Excavation | % of total mass to 100 cm | Quercus coccifera | no information | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Lamont 1973 | Table 1 | SW Australia | 33:57 S 118:29 E | 340 mm | 8 cm humus, sandy loam | Protioid, non-proteoid | 28.6 cm cores | g 1927.3 cm-3 to 56 cm | Hakea shrubs | no information | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Lamont 1973 | Table 1 | SW Australia | 31:57 S 115:49 E | 820 mm | 9 cm humus, sand | Protioid, non-protioid | 28.6 cm cores | g 1927.3 cm-3 to 72 cm | Hakea shrubs | no information | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Low and Lamont 1990 | Table 3 | Enaebba, SW Australia | 29:52 S 115:15 E | 530 mm | podzolized sand, acidic | Rootstocks, fine < 2 mm, proteoid roots | Excavation | g m-2 to 180 cm | sclerophyllous scrub-heath (kwongan), Banksia attenuata, B. hookeriana | no information | no information |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Martínez et al. 1998 | Table 1 | SW Spain | 37:07 N 6:12 W | 620 mm | Dystric Quaertzipsamment sand dunes | fine < 1 mm, coarse > 1 mm | 20 cm cores | g m-2 to 100 cm | Cistus, Halimium, Lavandula, Rosmarinus | no information | All year |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Miller and Ng 1977 | Table 3 | Fundo Santa Laura, Chile | 33:04 S 71:00 W | 550 mm | sandy loam | total | Hydraulic excavation | g m-3 to 100 cm | chaparral shrubs | 1000 m | Summer |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Miller and Ng 1977 | Table 3 | California, USA | 32:54 N 116:39 W | 550 mm | sandy loam over weathered granite | total | Hydraulic excavation | g m-3 to 100 cm | chaparral shrubs | 1000 m | Summer |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Specht and Rayson 1957 | Fig. 10 | SE Australia | 36:02 S 140:24 E | 457 mm | deep, acidic sand | total, incl. dead | Excavation | kg 3 in-1 acre-1 to 76.2 or 182.9 cm | 3 shrub stands, 3-, 9-, and 25-years-old. Xanthorrhea, Leptospermum, Banksia | no information | End of summer |
| Mediterranean shrub- or woodland | Sternberg et al. 1996 | Fig. 1 | California, USA | 33:53 N 116:45 W | 550 mm | coarse-loamy, mixed, Typic Xerorthents (to 0.35 m) over weathered granitic bedrock | total | Profile wall | number 100 cm-2 to 200 cm | Adenostoma, Arctostaphylos, Ceanothus | 1150 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Barbour et al. 1977 | Figs. 9-6 | Arizona, USA | 32:25 N 111:10 W | 290 mm | sandy loam | total | Unknown | kg ha-1 to 100 cm | Olneya, Cercidium, Ambrosia, | 650 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Bowns and West 1976 | Table 4 | SW Utah, USA | 37:30 N 114:00 W | 274 mm | sandy loam, caliche layer at 40 cm | total | Excavation | g 3000 cm-3 to 40 cm | Coleogyne ramosissima | 1280 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Branson et al. 1976 | Fig. 19 | Colorado, USA | 39:14 N 108:53 W | 230 mm | Shallow weathered mantle over bedrock, texture fine to coarse | total | 5 cm cores | g 100 cm-3 to 180 cm | 11 shrub- and 1 grass-dominated communities | no information | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Briones et al. 1996 | Fig. 3 | Coahuila, Mexico | 26:00 N 103:00 W | 264 mm | Yermosol Haplic type, clay loam to 25 cm, clay below | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 75 cm | Larrea, Hilaria, Opuntia | 1100 m | April |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Daddy et al. 1988 | Fig. 4 | New Mexico, USA | 36:48 N 107:36 W | 200 mm | deep, well-drained aridisols, sandy loams | total | 8 cm cores | % of total mass to 100 cm | Artemisia tridentata (3 grazing intensities) | 1900 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Dobrowolski et al. 1990 | Fig. 7.8 | Utah, USA | 41:45 N 111:48 W | 468 mm | rocky Mollisols | total | Profile wall | number m-2 to 250 cm | Artemisia tridentata, Agropyron desertorum | 1460 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Fernandez and Caldwell 1975 | Table 1 | Utah, USA | 41:05 N 113:05 W | 230 mm | lacustrine, saline silty loams | total | Root observation chambers | number m-2 to 60 cm | Artemisia, Atriplex, Ceratoides | 1350 m | May |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Freckman and Virginia 1989 | Fig. 1 | New Mexico, USA | 32:30 N 106:45 W | 211 mm | Haplargid, Torrifluvent, Torripsamment | total | 6.5 cm cores | Fresh mass, mg/kg of soil to 400 to 1300 cm | Larrea tridentata, Prosopis glandulosa | no information | Spring and Fall |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Hansson et al. 1995 | Table 2 | Inner Mongolia, China | 42:58 N 120:44 E | 360 mm | sand dunes, partially fixed | total | 8 cm cores | % of total mass to 95 cm | degraded shrub vegetation, Artemisia halodendron, A. frigida, Caragana microphylla | 350 m | July (2 years) |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Kudrjasheva 1974 | Table 4 | S Tajikistan | 37:34 N 68:25 E | 158 mm | Greyzem | total | unknown | % of total mass per area to 60 cm | desert grassland, Carex pachystylis, Poa bulbosa, and forbs | 300-500 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Kul'tiasov 1925 | Page 86 | Turkistan, S Kazakhstan | 41:11 N 68:20 E | 230 mm | loam | total | 100 × 100 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 75 cm | annuals and geophytes, Poa bulbosa, Carex hostii | no information | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Montaña et al. 1995 | Fig. 2 | Durango, Mexico | 26:40 N 103:40 W | 264 mm | Haplic Yermosol, sandy clay loam to clay loam | total | Profile wall | number to 70 cm | Larrea, Prosopis, Hilaria | 1100 m | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Moorhead et al. 1989 | Fig. 1 | New Mexico, USA | 32:30 N 106:48 W | 215 mm | Calciorthid and Typic Haplargid | fine (undefined) | Soil pit | g m-2 to 70 cm | Larrea, Gutierrezia, Zinnia, Opuntia | no information | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Rickard and Vaughan 1988 | Table 6.4, Fig. 6.4 | Washington, USA | 46:32 N 119:31 W | 160 mm | deep silt-loam | total | cores | g m-2 to 80 cm | Artemisia tridentata, Agropyron spicatum, Bromus tectorum | 380 m | February-March and May-June |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Schulze et al. 1996 | Table 3 | Patagonia, Argentina | 45:24 S 70:18 W | 160 mm | gravelly sand | total | Monoliths | g m-2 to 300 cm | Stipa, Adesmia | 700 m | March |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Shalyt 1952 | Tables 1-6 | Central Kazakhstan | 47:49 N 66:19 E | 200 mm | Kastanozem, chernozem, sierozem, and solonetz | fine/coarse, rhizomes, bulbs | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 90 (100) cm | Stipa capillata, S. lessingiana, Agropyron, Artemisia | no information | no information |
| Semi-desert shrublands | Sturges 1980 | Fig. 4 | Wyoming, USA | 41:20 N 106:48 W | 500 mm | developed from sandstone, Argic Cryoboroll subgroup | total | 7.6 cm cores | g 680 cm-3 to 122 cm | Artemisia tridentata, Festuca idahoensis, Poa spp., Stipa spp. | 2225 m | September |
| Desert | Fernández and Paruelo 1988 | Fig. 5 | Chubut, Argentina | 45:25 S 70:20 W | 142 mm | Calciorthid with high gravel content | total | Excavation | length in cm per plant to 120 cm | Mulinum and Senecio | 500 m | no information |
| Desert | Groeneveld 1989 | Tables 3 and 4 | E California, USA | 37:25 N 118:21 W, 37:10 N 118:17 W | 144 mm | sandy loam and loamy sand | total | 7.6 cm cores | length in m 100 cm-3 to 180 or 270 cm | Atriplex torreyi, Sporobolus airoides | no information | no information |
| Desert | Jordan and Nobel 1984 | Fig. 1 | California, USA | 33:38 N 116:24 W | 150 mm | Gravely, sandy loam | total | Monoliths | length (?m mm-3) to 15 cm | Agave deserti, Ferocactus acanthodes | 850 m | September |
| Desert | Manning and Barbour 1988 | Table 4 | California, USA | 37:12 N 118:22 W | 144 mm | Sandy loam, granitic | total | 250 cm3 samples, sampled discontinuously | g per 250 cm-3 soil to 100 cm | Chrysothamnus teretifolius, Ericameria cooperi | about 1300 m | September |
| Desert | Miroshnichenko 1975 | Table 3 | E Karakum, Turkmenistan | 38:35 N 63:11 E | 114 mm | sand | total, 8 diameter classes | 50 × 80 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 to 600 cm | Haloxylon aphyllum-Carex physodes community | 185 m | no information |
| Desert | Nobel 1989 | Fig. 1 | California, USA | 33:38 N 116:24 W | 150 mm | gravely, sandy loam | total | Excavation | length (% of total) to 30 cm | Agave deserti, Ferocactus acanthodes, Hilaria rigida | 850 m | no information |
| Desert | Nobel et al. 1991 | Table 2 | California, USA | 33:38 N 116:24 W | 150 mm | gravely, sandy loam | total | Excavation | length (% of total) to 30 cm | Echincereus engelmannii, Opuntia acanthocarpa | 850 m | no information |
| Desert | Rodin 1977 | Table 1 | Central Kazakhstan | 47:05 N 61:09 E | 120 mm | Burozem | total | Unknown | t ha-1 to 200 cm | Artemisia terrae-albae community | 78 m | no information |
| Desert | Schreiber et al. 1995 | Fig. 7 | Negev Desert, Israel | 30:51 N 34:45 E | 100 mm | colluvial soil with caliche | total | Monoliths | % of total mass to 60 cm | Artemisia herba-alba, Zygophyllum dumosum, Stipa capensis | no information | no information |
| Desert | Schulze et al. 1996 | Table 3 | Patagonia, Argentina | 45:27 S 69:50 W | 125 mm | clay over caliche, sandy loam and sand below | total | Monoliths | g m-2 to 300 cm | Nassauvia glomerulosa, Poa ligularis | 540 m | March |
| Desert | Sveshnikova 1968 | Table on p. 211 | E Pamir Mountain Desert, Tajikistan | 38:09 N 73:56 E | 120 mm | gray-brown type, loamy and rocky | total | excavation | g m-2 to 50 cm | Artemisia rhodantha, Eurotia, Acantholimon, Carex | 3864 m | no information |
| Desert | Wallace et al. 1980 | Table 1 | Nevada, USA | 36:40 N 116:07 W | 100 mm | loamy sand | total, 2 diameter classes | whole plant excavation and 1 l soil samples | % of total mass per plant to 60 cm | 9 shrub species, incl. Larrea tridentata, Ambrosia dumosa, Lycium, + annuals | no information | April and September |
| Desert | Zhang Kebin 1989 | Fig. 1 | Gansu Province, China | 38:42 N 103:10 E | 127 mm | shifting sands | fine < 5 mm | unknown | % of total to 200 cm, (no units given) | Haloxylon ammodendron | no information | no information |
| Desert | Zverev and Seiidova 1990 | Tables 1-5 | Karakum, Turkmenistan | 38:29 N 57:43 E | 148 mm | sand dunes | total, 3 diameter classes | Excavation | mass (g/shrub) to 150 to 400 cm | Calligonum, Salsola, Aellenia, Astragalus, Mausolea | 90 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Belsky 1994 | Fig. 1 | Tsavo National Park, Kenya | 3:25 S 37:55 E | 450 mm | rhodic ferrasol | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | Profile wall | number 100 cm-2 to 100-120 cm | Acacia tortilis savanna, with Cynodon nlemfuensis, Panicum maximum | 450 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Belsky 1994 | Fig. 1 | Tsavo National Park, Kenya | 2:45 S 38:08 E | 767 mm | ferral-chromic Luvisols and orthic Acrisols | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | Profile wall | number 100 cm-2 to 100-120 cm | Acacia tortilis savanna, with Cynodon nlemfuensis, Panicum maximum | 767 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Bille 1977 | Pages 46 and 53 | Sahel, Senegal | 16:13 N 15:06 W | 316 mm | Ferrugineous soil, sand to sandy loam | total | 1 kg soil samples from profile wall | g m-2 to 600 cm (woody plants) or 200 cm (herbs) | Adansonia, Balanites, Acacia, Commiphora, Guiera, Grewia | 40 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Blagoveshchenskiy 1968 | Fig. 6 | NW India | 26:16 N 72:58 E | 355 mm | sand to loamy sand, petrocalcic horizon at 200 cm | total (grass only) | excavation and 501 cm3 samples | g 1000 cm-3 to 90 cm | mesquite savanna, Prosopis spicigera | no information | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Coughenour et al. 1990 | Fig. 3 | S Turkana, Kenya | 2:12 N 35:45 E | 150 to 800 mm | sandy to gravelly loam | total > 1 to 2 mm | Excavation | root length in m per tree to 300 cm | Acacia tortilis, A. reficiens | no information | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Gaze et al. 1998 | Fig. 2 | Sahel, Niger | 13:15 N 2:15 E | 585 mm | Psammentic Paleustalf, sand | total | 4.9 cm cores | length in cm m-3 to 230 cm | Guiera senegalensis shrubs, grasses, and herbs | no information | June |
| Dry tropical savanna | Groot et al. 1995 | Appendix 1 | Zinzana, S Mali | 13:10 N 5:55 E | 700 mm | ferrugineous soil, loamy sand | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 10 × 10 cm monoliths along transects' | kg ha-1 to 120 or 180 cm | Andropogon gayanus | 280 m | September to |
| Dry tropical savanna | Groot et al. 1995 | Appendix 1 | N'Tarla, S Mali | 12:35 N 5:42 E | 900 mm | ferrugineous soil, loamy sand | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 10 × 10 cm monoliths along transects' | kg ha-1 to 120 or 180 cm | Andropogon gayanus | 310 m | October |
| Dry tropical savanna | Hosegood 1963 | Fig. 1 | Kenya | 1:11 S 36:38 E | 967 mm | red loam | total | monoliths | volume of roots in in3 ft-3 | Acacia molissima, Pennisetum clandestinum | 2100 - 2300 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Kellman and Sanmugadas 1985 | Fig. 1 | Augustine, Belize | 17:00 N 89:00 W | 500 mm | intensely weathered ultisols, gravelly sandy loam over gravelly clay at 30 to 75 cm | fine < 2 mm | 6 cm cores | g m-2 to 60 cm | pine savanna, Pinus caribaea, Quercus oledoides | 500 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Knoop and Walker 1985 | Fig. 1 | Northern Province, South Africa | 24:39 S 28:42 E | 630 mm | sand to loamy sand | Woody/herbaceous | Profile wall | number m-2 to 100 or 120 cm | Burkea africana, Ochna pulchra, Acacia tortilis, A. nilotica and grasses | 1100 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | McNaughton et al. 1998 | Fig. 3 | Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | 2:20 S 34:57 E | 700 to 900 mm | sandy loam to clay loam | total live | 5 cm cores | g m-2 to 50 cm | mid-grass | no information | beginning of dry season |
| Dry tropical savanna | McNaughton et al. 1998 | Fig. 3 | Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | 2:44 S 35:10 E | 350 to 500 mm | sandy clay loam to clay loam | total live | 5 cm cores | g m-2 to 50 cm | short-grass | no information | beginning of dry season |
| Dry tropical savanna | Okali et al. 1973 | Fig. 5 | Accra Plains, Ghana | 5:42 N 0:07 W | 750 mm | dark sandy loam or sandy clay loam over gravel and yellow sandy clay | total, 3 diameter classes | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g 625 cm-2 to 120 cm | thicket clump surrounded by grassland | 30 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Scholes and Walker 1993 | Fig. 14.3 | Northern Province, South Africa | 24:39 S 28:42 E | 630 mm | sand to loamy sand | fine (not defined), woody/grass | 0.5 m2 soil profiles | length (m m-3) to 100 cm | Eragrostis, Burkea, Terminalia | 1100 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Singh 1994 | Fig. 3 and Table 4 | NW India | 29:10 N 75:46 E | 550 mm | sandy loam | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 5 cm cores and excavation | fine roots in Mg ha-1 to 120 cm, coarse roots to 210 cm | 9-year-old legume trees, Prosopis cineraria, Albizia lebbek, Dalbergia sissoo | 215 m | September |
| Dry tropical savanna | Smit and Rethman 1998 | Table 2 | South Africa | 25:33 S 27:41 E | 376 mm | loamy sand over sandy clay loam | total, 4 diameter classes | 2.0 × 0.5 × 1.0 m monoliths | kg ha-1 to 100 cm | Colophospermum mopane | no information | December to February |
| Dry tropical savanna | Soumaré et al. 1994 | Table 5 | Mali | 14:30 N 5:45 E | 580 mm | loamy sand | Woody/herbaceous | 1.1 × 0.1 × 0.6 m monoliths | kg ha-1 to 60 cm | Acacia seyal, Sclerocarya birrea, and grasses | no information | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Toky and Bisht 1992 | Fig. 15 | NW India | 29:10 N 75:46 E | 550 mm | sandy loam | total | excavation | number of roots and % of total biomass to 230 cm | 9 indigenous and 3 exotic tree species, 6-years-old | 215 m | no information |
| Dry tropical savanna | Vandenbeldt 1991 | Fig. 4 | SW Niger | 13:05 N 2:06 E | 562 mm | Psammentic Paleustalf, 3 to 4 m deep over a gravelly, lateritic layer | total > 2 mm | excavation | g per tree to 350 cm | Faidherbia albida trees, 8- to 9-months-old from two seed sources | no information | no information |
| Humid tropical savanna | de Castro and Kauffman 1998 | Fig. 1 | Goiás, Brazil | 16:06 S 47:54 W | 1482 mm | Campo sujo and Cerrado: Latosols and podzolic soils; Campo limpo: lithosols | total | 50 × 50 cm monoliths and 15 cm cores | Mg ha-1 to 200 cm | campo limpo (grassland), campo sujo (savanna), cerrado aberto and denso | 1100 m | August to November |
| Humid tropical savanna | Devidas and Puyravaud 1995 | Table II | S India | 11:47 N 76:23 E | 1098 mm | fersiallitic to ferallitic soils, with coarse fragments | total (herbaceous only) | 20 × 20 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 50 cm | tropical savanna | 900 m | January to December |
| Humid tropical savanna | Fiala and Herrera 1988 | Tables 1 and 4 | Cuba | 22:15 N 80:41 W | 1000-1500 mm | fine deep siliceous | total, live/dead | 10 × 10 cm monoliths | % of total mass to 50 cm | Byrsonimo-Andropogonetum | 25 m | no information |
| Humid tropical savanna | Fiala and Herrera 1988 | Tables 1 and 4 | Cuba | 21:38 N 82:59 W | 1165-1795 mm | gleyed coarse sands | total, live/dead | 10 × 10 cm monoliths | % of total mass to 50 cm | Phyllantho-Aristidetum | 2 m | no information |
| Humid tropical savanna | Fiala and Herrera 1988 | Tables 1 and 4 | Cuba | 22:53 N 82:53 W | 2013 mm | fine sandy loam | total, live/dead | 10 × 10 cm monoliths | % of total mass to 50 cm | Axonopus compressus | 150 m | no information |
| Humid tropical savanna | Friesen et al. 1997 | Fig. 1 | E Colombia | 4:30 N 71:19 W | 2240 mm | well-drained silty clay, Oxisols | total | cores | length in km m-2 to 80 cm | Andropogon, Trachypogon | 150 m | November |
| Humid tropical savanna | Kellman and Roulet 1990 | Fig. 1 | Veracruz, Mexico | 19:30 N 96:30 W | 1300 mm | sand dunes of different ages | fine < 2 mm | 6 cm cores | g m-2 to 200 cm | 2 stages of dune succession, Andropogon, Diphysia/Acacia matorral | <10 m | no information |
| Humid tropical savanna | Lawson et al. 1968 | Fig. 17 | Mole Game Reserve, Ghana | 9:23 N 1:59 W | 1070 mm | colluvial, sandy loam to 40 cm, loam to clay loam below | total, 4 diameter classes | 26 × 25 × 70 cm monoliths | g 10,000 cm-3 to 70 cm | Burkea, Monotes, Terminalia, Isoberlinia, Crossopteryx, Erythrophleum | 165 m | no information |
| Humid tropical savanna | Le Roux et al. 1995 | Fig. 1 | Lamto Reserve, Cote D'Ivoire | 6:13 N 5:02 W | 1210 mm | sandy, tropical ferrugineous soils | fine < 2 mm | 4.4-cm diameter cores | g m-3 to 180 cm | Cussonia, Crossopteryx, Hyparrhenia, Andropogon | no information | July |
| Humid tropical savanna | McNaughton et al. 1998 | Fig. 3 | Serengeti National Park, Tanzania | 1:34 S 34:50 E | 1000 to 1200 mm | sandy loam | total live | 5 cm cores | g m-2 to 50 cm | tall grass | no information | beginning of dry season |
| Humid tropical savanna | Mekonnen et al. 1997 | Fig. 1 | W Kenya | 0:06 N 34:34 E | 1800 mm | very fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Kandiudalfic Eutrudox | total | 15 × 15 × 10 cm cores | g m-2 and length (cm cm-3) to 220 cm | natural weed fallow (13 months old), Ageratum, Dichondra, Guizotia, Digitaria, Paspalum, Hibiscus | 1420 m | September |
| Humid tropical savanna | Mordelet et al. 1997 | Figs. 1-4 | Lamto Reserve, Cote D'Ivoire | 6:13 N 5:02 W | 1210 mm | sandy, with gravel, tropical ferrugineous soil | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 20 × 20 × 10 cm cores | g m-3 to 120 cm | Bridelia, Crossopteryx, Hyparrhenia, Andropogon | no information | Whole year |
| Humid tropical savanna | Pandey and Singh 1992 | Fig. 5, Table 1 | Uttar-Pradesh, India | 24:11 N 83:01 E | 1145 mm | residual ultisols, sandy loam | total | 15 × 15 cm monoliths | % biomass to 50 cm | dry savanna, degraded dry deciduous forest, Acacia, Lagerstroemia, Anogeissus | ~400 m | Various |
| Humid tropical savanna | Rao 1998 | Fig. 3 | E Colombia | 4:37 N 71:19 W | 2200 mm | clay loam Oxisol | total | 5 cm cores | mass (Mg ha-1), length (km m-2 ) to 80 cm | Andropogon, Trachypogon | 150 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Bang-xing 1991 | Table 4 | Yunnan, China | 21:44 N 100:40 E | 1515-1606 mm | no information | fine | No information | g cm-2 to 150 cm | seasonal rainforest | 650 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Castellanos et al. 1991 | Fig. 1 | Chamela, Mexico | 19:30 N 105:05 W | 707 mm | deep sandy loam, with hardpan at 60 to 80 cm | total, 4 diameter classes | 0.5 m × 2 m soil pits and 4.2 cm cores | kg m-2 to 80 cm | Bursera excelsa, Caesalpinia eriostachys, Jatropha stanleyi | no information | April-May |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Cavelier 1992 | Fig. 2 | Gigante Peninsula, Panama | 9:07 N 80:09 W | 2567 mm | Oxisol, sandy clay loam to clay | total, 3 diameter classes | 5.6 cm cores | Mg ha-1 to 25 cm | semi-deciduous lowland forest | 60 m | February to October |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Greenland and Kowal 1960 | Table 8 | Kade, Ghana | 6:09 N 0:55 W | 1650 mm | reddish yellow Latosols, silty clay over sandy clay | total | 4 cm cores | lbs acre-1 to 150 cm | moist semi-deciduous forest, Diospyros, Strombosia | 167 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Jama et al. 1998 | Table 4 | W Kenya | 0:06 N 34:34 E | 1800 mm | very fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic, Kandiudalfic Eutrudox | total | 15 × 15 × 400 cm monoliths | km m-2 to 395 cm | 5 exotic tree species, 11-months-old | 1430 m | February to March |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Kellman and Roulet 1990 | Fig. 1 | Veracruz, Mexico | 19:30 N 96:30 W | 1300 mm | dune sand, fossil dune with caliche layer at 1.4 m | fine < 2 mm | 6 cm cores | g m-2 to 140 or 200 cm | low, semi-deciduous forest, young: Enterolobium, Cedrela; old: Bursera, Brosimum | < 10 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Lawson et al. 1970 | Fig. 14 | Kade, Ghana | 6:09 N 0:55 W | 1650 mm | reddish yellow Latosols, silty clay over sandy clay | total, 4 diameter classes | 25 × 25 × 50 cm monoliths | g 10,000 cm-3 to 50 cm | moist semi-deciduous forest, Celtis mildbraedii | 167 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Mensah and Jenik 1968 | Figs 4,5,6 | Esukawkaw, Ghana | 6:20 N 0:45 W | 1231 mm | lateritic gravel, coarse | total, 4 diameter classes | 25 × 25 × 50 cm monoliths | g 6250 cm-3 to 50 cm | moist semi-deciduous forest, Chlorophora excelsa | no information | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Mensah and Jenik 1968 | Figs 4,5,6 | Kade, Ghana | 6:10 N 0:55 W | 1650 mm | reddish yellow Latosols | total, 4 diameter classes | 25 × 25 × 50 cm monoliths | g 6250 cm-3 to 50 cm | moist semi-deciduous forest, Chlorophora excelsa | 167 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Murphy et al. 1995 | Fig. 7.3 | SW Puerto Rico | 17:58 N 66:53 W | 860 mm | limestone based Mollisols, clay loam, 15 to 18 cm over weathered limestone | total | 10 × 10 × 100 cm monoliths | % of total to 100 cm and total root biomass in Mg ha-1 | dry semi-deciduous forest, Gymnathes lucida, Exostema caribaeum, Pisonia albida | 175 m | March |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Schroth et al. 1996 | Fig. 1 | Cote D'Ivoire | 6:17 N 5:13 W | 1285 mm | Ferralic Cambisol, sandy clay to sandy clay loam, hardened below 60 cm | fine < 1 mm | 8 cm cores | kg carbon ha-1 to 60 cm | nine exotic tree species, 5-years-old, and natural Chromolaena fallow | 200 m | no information |
| Tropical (semi)deciduous forest | Srivastava et al. 1986 | Table 3 and 4 | Uttar Pradesh, India | 24:52 N 83:03 E | 992 mm | reddish brown sandy loam | fine < 8 mm, 4 diameter classes | 15 × 15 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 40 cm | teak plantation, 19-years-old, Tectona grandis | no information | Monthly |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Berish and Ewel 1988 | Fig. 2 | Florencia Norte Forest, Costa Rica | 9:54 N 83:40 W | 2700 mm | Typic Dystrandept (Andept Inceptisol), sandy clay | fine < 5 mm, 3 diameter classes | 4.2 cm cores, 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g m-2 , fine root surface area (cm m-2 ) to 85 cm | early successional forest, 4 to 60 months old | 650 m | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Berish 1982 | Table 1 | Florencia Norte Forest, Costa Rica | 9:53 N 83:40 W | 2700 mm | Typic Dystrandept (Andept Inceptisol), sandy clay | total, 6 diameter classes | 4.2 cm cores, 25 × 25 cm monoliths | g m-2 , fine root surface area (cm m-2 ) to 85 cm | successional growth, 1- and 8-months old, and secondary Goethalsia meiantha forest | 650 m | March |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Cavelier 1992 | Fig. 2 | Cordillera Central, Panama | 8:43 N 82:14 W | 3900 mm | Inceptisol, sandy loam to loamy sand | total < 50 mm, 4 diameter classes | 5.6 cm cores | Mg ha-1 to 25 cm | lower montane rain forest | 1200 m | February to October |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Cerri and Volkoff 1987 | Table IV | Manaus, Brazil | 2:35 S 60:02 W | 2100 mm | uniform yellow latosol, deep acidic clay | total | 10 cm cores | g carbon m-2 to 500 cm | primary Amazon rain forest | no information | April |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Davies and Becker 1996 | Fig. 3 | Brunei Darussalam, Borneo | 4:34 N 114:25 E | 3000 mm | sandy haplic acrisol | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 10 × 10 × 20 cm monoliths | length (m m-3) and mass (kg m-3) to 100 cm | tropical heath forest | 11--16 m | July |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Davies and Becker 1996 | Fig. 3 | Brunei Darussalam, Borneo | 4:39 N 114:31 E | 3000 mm | sandy albic arenosol | fine < 2 mm, coarse > 2 mm | 10 × 10 × 20 cm monoliths | length (m m-3) and mass (kg m-3) to 100 cm | mixed dipterocarp forest | 37--59 m | July |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Gower 1987 | Table 1 | La Selva, Costa Rica | 10:26 N 83:59 W | 3800 mm | Fluvaquentic Hapludoll (River site) and Oxic Dystrandept (Arboleda site) | total, live, in 4 diameter classes | 7 cm cores | g m-2 to 50 cm | tropical evergreen forest | 60 m | March |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Greenland and Kowal 1960 | Table 8 | Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0:45 N 24:26 E | 1758 mm | Latosols | total | monoliths | lbs acre-1 to 152.4 cm | 8-year old successional Musanga cecropioides forest | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Huttel 1975 | Fig. 10-3 | Banco, Cote D'Ivoire | 5:24 N 4:03 W | 2100 mm | sand to loamy sand | total, 4 diameter classes | cores, excavation | g 100 cm-3 to 130 or 250 cm | Strombosia, Coula, Turreanthus, Dacryodes | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Huttel 1975 | Fig. 10-3 | Yapo, Cote D'Ivoire | 5:48 N 4:08 W | 1800 mm | gravelly clay loam | total, 4 diameter classes | cores, excavation | g 100 cm-3 to 130 or 250 cm | Diospyros, Mapania | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Klinge 1973 | Tables 1,4 | Central Amazonia, Brazil | 2:46 S 59:49 W | 2070 mm | pale yellow latosol, loamy; humus podzol, sandy | total < 50 mm, 7 diameter classes | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and length to 89 or 107 cm | terra firme forest and campina (heath) forest | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Klinge 1975 | Table 1 | Central Amazonia, Brazil | 2:46 S 59:49 W | 2070 mm | humus podzol, sandy, with thick humic sand layer | total < 50 mm, 7 diameter classes | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | kg ha-1 and length to 90 cm | campina (heath) forest | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Nepstad et al. 1994 | Fig. 2 | Para, Brazil | 2:59 S 47:31 W | 1750 mm | kaolinitic Yellow Latosol | fine < 1 mm | cores taken from profile wall, sampled discontinuously | mg cm-3 to 600 cm | seasonal tropical forest | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Nepstad et al. 1994 | Fig. 2 | Para, Brazil | 2:59 S 47:31 W | 1750 mm | deeply weathered clay soils | fine < 1 mm | cores taken from profile wall, sampled discontinuously | mg cm-3 to 600 cm | managed and degraded pasture | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 25 | Barro Colorado Island, Panama | 9:09 N 79:51 W | 2564 mm | well-drained clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lowland, seasonal forest | 60 m | April |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 25 | Fort Clayton, Panama | 9:00 N 79:35 W | 1830 mm | well-drained clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | seasonal lowland forest | 60 m | April |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Figs. 25 and 27 | Boca Lara, Darien, Panama | 8:39 N 78:08 W | 2160 mm | well-drained clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | cuipo and successional forest | 20 and 60 m | April |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 25 | San Lorenzo, Panama | 8:19 N 82:04 W | 2500 mm | well-drained pale clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | hill forest | 30 m | August |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 29 | Cerro Jefe, Panama | 9:12 N 79:23 W | 4000 mm | red brown soil and yellow clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lower montane forest | 600 m | April |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 25 | Belem, Brazil | 1:26 S 48:29 W | 2830 mm | clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | tierra-firma forest | 8 m | June |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 28 | Manaus, Brazil | 2:35 S 60:02 W | 2100 mm | sand | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lowland forest | 50 m | June |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 25 | Cupcake Hills, Puerto Rico | no information | no information | well-drained clay, limestone | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lowland forest on limestone | 90 m | May |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 30 | El Verde, Puerto Rico | 18:21 N 65:49 W | 3000-3500 mm | black clay over yellow clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lower montane Tabonuco forest | 150 and 250 m | September |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Figs. 31-34 | El Verde, Puerto Rico | 18:19 N 65:49 W | 3800-4200 mm | black clay over yellow clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | montane Tabonuco forest | 375-459 m | September/October |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 25 | Sarapiqui, Costa Rica | 10:28 N 84:01 W | 3800 mm | well-drained pale clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | flatland Ceiba and hill forest | 16 m | August |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 29 | Morne Bleu, Trinidad | 10:43 N 61:18 W | 2400 mm | red decomposing slate | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lower montane ridge forest | 450 m | August |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 29 | Pagayer Hills, Dominica | 15:26 N 61:20 W | 6350 mm | andesitic clay, on slate | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lower montane, virgin Sloanea forest | 500 m | August |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 29 | Palmquist Ridge, Dominica | 15:31 N 61:21 W | 3800 mm | yellow clay, water at 40 cm | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lower montane, virgin Tabonuco forest | 240 m | August |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 29 | Dleau Gommier, Dominica | 15:25 N 61:21 W | 6350 mm | yellow-brown clay | total | Profile wall | number per cm2 of vertical profile wall to 40 (to 165) cm | lower montane, virgin forest | 450 m | August |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Raich 1983 | Table 3 | La Selva, Costa Rica | 10:26 N 83:50 W | 3980 mm | Typic Hydrandept, clay | fine <5 mm, 2 diameter classes | 10 × 10 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 50 cm | mature evergreen forest and secondary succession | 40-110 m | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Sanford 1989 | Table 2 | S Venezuela | 1:56 N 67:03 W | >3500 mm | sandy Spodosols, with thick raw humus; oxisols under tierra firme | total, 9 diameter classes | 25 × 25 cm monoliths | kg m-2 to 50 cm | old-growth forest (3 types), tierra firme, caatinga, and bana | 119 m | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Sternberg et al. 1998 | Fig. 3 | Para, Brazil | 2:59 S 47:31 W | 1750 mm | kaolinitic yellow Latosol | total | 2500 cm3 samples from profile wall, sampled discontinuously | mg 1000 cm-3 to 400 cm | seasonal tropical forest | no information | no information |
| Tropical evergreen forest | Thompson et al. 1992 | Table 6 | Roraima, Brazil | 3:20 N 61:20 W | 2300 mm | Grossarenic Plinthic Paleudult, loamy sand over sandy loam/sandy clay loam | total < 50 mm, 4 diameter classes | 0.5 m3 soil pits | Mg ha-1 to 100 cm | lowland, evergreen rain forest | no information | no information |
| Alpine | Kaletkina 1974 | Fig. 4 | W Tajikistan | 39:10 N 68:49 E | 494 mm | no information | total | Monoliths | % of total mass to 60 or 80 cm | subalpine and alpine meadows | 3373 m | Summer |
| Alpine | Ladygina and Litvinova 1974 | Table 5 | E Pamirs, Tajikistan | 38:09 N 73:57 E | 130 - 250 mm | no information | total | 50 × 50 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 100 cm | alpine floodplain tundra, Kobresia capilliformis, Carex pseudo-foetida, C. orbicularis | 3900 - 4350 m | Summer |
| Alpine | Rosswall et al. 1975 | Table 7 | N Sweden | 68:22 N 19:03 E | 300 mm | peat | total | no information | % of total mass to 55 cm (permafrost) | Andromeda, Betula, Empetrum, Vaccinium, Carex, Eriophorum, subalpine tundra | 351 m | no information |
| Alpine | Webber and May 1977 | Fig. 3 | Colorado, USA | 40:03 N 105:36 W | 993 mm | coarse with thin organic-rich surface horizons, often with loess fraction | live/dead | 5 × 5 cm monoliths | g m-2 to 90 cm | alpine tundra, six vegetation types | 3650 m | August |
| Tropical cloud forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 35 | Serranía del Darien, Panama | 9:05 N 78:10 W | 2500 mm | well-drained clay | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 35 to 60 cm | short cloud forest | 275 m | April |
| Tropical cloud forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 35 | Cerro Jefe, Panama | 9:12 N 79:23 W | 4000 mm | red brown soil and yellow clay | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 35 to 60 cm | short and mossy cloud forest | 840 and 1050 m | April |
| Tropical cloud forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 22 | East Peak, Puerto Rico | 18:16 N 65:45 W | 4000 mm | yellow clay over red clay | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 35 to 60 cm | elfin cloud forest | 1034 m | October |
| Tropical cloud forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 35 | El Yunque, Puerto Rico | 18:18 N 66:47 W | 4000 mm | black clay over yellow clay | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 35 to 60 cm | elfin cloud forest | 960 m | September |
| Tropical cloud forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 35 | Maricao, Puerto Rico | 18:09 N 66:58 W | 2520 mm | red serpentine soil | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 35 to 60 cm | short cloud forest | 890 m | July |
| Tropical cloud forest | Odum 1970 | Fig. 35 | Cuevas Mountains, Trinidad | 10:44 N 61:22 W | 2400 mm | yellow clay | total | Profile wall | number cm-2 to 35 to 60 cm | ridge forest near cloud level | 500 m | June |
| Tropical cloud forest | Vance and Nadkarni 1992 | Tables 3 and 5 | Monteverde, Costa Rica | 10:18 N 84:48 W | 2000 mm | Typic Dystrandept, humus 0.15 m, loam to 0.85 m, clay loam to 1.80 m | total, 4 diameter classes | 10 cm cores, 1 m2 excavated pits | g m-2 to 180 cm | Monteverde cloud forest | 1550 m | no information |
Notes: This table contains a list of studies containing data for vertical root profiles from global terrestrial ecosystems (excluding wetlands). Studies are arranged by biome (or global vegetation types), and within biomes by author. Note that some studies were done in anthropogenic vegetation that differed from the one that is typical for the biome (e.g., pastures in forest biomes, forest plantations in prairie biome). References are listed below the table. All information compiled in this table was obtained from the cited references, except for some estimates for mean annual precipitation and geographic corrdinates, which were not always included in the references. If not given in the references, geographic coordinates were estimated based on geographic information in the publications.