Root trait-mediated belowground competition and community composition of a temperate steppe under nitrogen enrichment

Quantifying effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning across times and places

(2018) Forest Isbell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multi-dimensional patterns of variation in root traits among coexisting herbaceous species in temperate steppes

(2018) Meng Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Changes in above and belowground traits of a rhizome clonal plant explain its predominance under nitrogen addition

(2018) Zhi Zheng et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Different phylogenetic and environmental controls of first-order root morphological and nutrient traits: Evidence of multidimensional root traits

(2017) Ruili Wang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How functional is a trait? Phosphorus mobilization through root exudates differs little between Carex species with and without specialized dauciform roots

(2017) Sabine Güsewell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root traits are more than analogues of leaf traits: the case for diaspore mass

(2017) Joana Bergmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology

(2017) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Building a better foundation: improving root-trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes

(2017) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diverse belowground resource strategies underlie plant species coexistence and spatial distribution in three grasslands along a precipitation gradient

(2017) Hongbo Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How belowground interactions contribute to the coexistence of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal species in severely phosphorus-impoverished hyperdiverse ecosystems

(2017) Hans Lambers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Grass and forbs respond differently to nitrogen addition: a meta-analysis of global grassland ecosystems

(2017) Chengming You et al.   Scientific Reports

A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe

(2016) Qiuying Tian et al.   ECOLOGY

Light asymmetry explains the effect of nutrient enrichment on grassland diversity

(2016) Niv DeMalach et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution

(2016) Eric Garnier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

(2016) W. Stanley Harpole et al.   NATURE

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reduced nitrogen dominated nitrogen deposition in the United States, but its contribution to nitrogen deposition in China decreased

(2016) Xuejun Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root morphology and mycorrhizal symbioses together shape nutrient foraging strategies of temperate trees

(2016) Weile Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conditional vulnerability of plant diversity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across the United States

(2016) Samuel M. Simkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential responses of grasses and forbs led to marked reduction in below-ground productivity in temperate steppe following chronic N deposition

(2015) Wenming Bai et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linking root traits to nutrient foraging in arbuscular mycorrhizal trees in a temperate forest

(2015) David M. Eissenstat et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Complementarity in nutrient foraging strategies of absorptive fine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across 14 coexisting subtropical tree species

(2015) Bitao Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

(2013) Xuejun Liu et al.   NATURE

Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity

(2013) F. Isbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root stress and nitrogen deposition: consequences and research priorities

(2012) Erica A. H. Smithwick et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Long-Term Nitrogen Addition Leads to Loss of Species Richness Due to Litter Accumulation and Soil Acidification in a Temperate Steppe

(2012) Ying Fang et al.   PLoS One

Fertilization decreases plant biodiversity even when light is not limiting

(2011) Timothy L. Dickson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits

(2011) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Intra-specific variability and plasticity influence potential tree species distributions under climate change

(2011) Marta Benito Garzón et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Patterns of trait convergence and divergence among native and exotic species in herbaceous plant communities are not modified by nitrogen enrichment

(2011) Elsa E. Cleland et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant mineral nutrition in ancient landscapes: high plant species diversity on infertile soils is linked to functional diversity for nutritional strategies

(2011) Hans Lambers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

(2010) R. Bobbink et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Responses of ecosystem nitrogen cycle to nitrogen addition: a meta-analysis

(2010) Meng Lu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tradeoffs and thresholds in the effects of nitrogen addition on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: evidence from inner Mongolia Grasslands

(2009) YONGFEI BAI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

(2009) Y. Hautier et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for organic N deposition and its anthropogenic sources in China

(2008) Ying Zhang et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

PLANT WINNERS AND LOSERS DURING GRASSLAND N-EUTROPHICATION DIFFER IN BIOMASS ALLOCATION AND MYCORRHIZAS

(2008) Nancy Collins Johnson et al.   ECOLOGY

Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to prairie grasslands

(2008) Christopher M. Clark et al.   NATURE

Negative impact of nitrogen deposition on soil buffering capacity

(2008) William D. Bowman et al.   Nature Geoscience

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

(2008) J. N. Galloway et al.   SCIENCE