Regulatory effects of root pruning on leaf nutrients, photosynthesis, and growth of trees in a closed-canopy poplar plantation

• Da-wei Jing,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Resources Environment and Planning, Dezhou University. Dezhou, Shandong, China

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• Zhen-yu Du ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zydu007@163.com

  Affiliation Institute of Resource and Environment, Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China

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• Ming-you Wang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation College of Ecology and Garden Architecture, Dezhou University, Dezhou, Shandong, China

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• Qing-hua Wang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Resource and Environment, Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China

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• Hai-lin Ma,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Resource and Environment, Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China

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• Fang-chun Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Resource and Environment, Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China

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• Bing-yao Ma,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Resource and Environment, Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China

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• Yu-feng Dong

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Resource and Environment, Shandong Academy of Forestry, Jinan, China

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