Plant economic strategies of grassland species control soil carbon dynamics through rhizodeposition

Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics among tree species with and without intraspecific competition

(2018) Liming Yin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Evidence for the primacy of living root inputs, not root or shoot litter, in forming soil organic carbon

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

(2018) Connor Nolan et al.   SCIENCE

Nitrogen availability regulates topsoil carbon dynamics after permafrost thaw by altering microbial metabolic efficiency

(2018) Leiyi Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Root exudation rate as functional trait involved in plant nutrient-use strategy classification

(2018) Julien P. Guyonnet et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A new experimental platform connecting the rhizosphere priming effect with CO2 fluxes of plant-soil systems

(2018) Camille Cros et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Faster turnover of new soil carbon inputs under increased atmospheric CO2

(2017) Kees Jan van Groenigen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Carbon input by roots into the soil: Quantification of rhizodeposition from root to ecosystem scale

(2017) Johanna Pausch et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Plant traits, stoichiometry and microbes as drivers of decomposition in the rhizosphere in a temperate grassland

(2017) Yolima Carrillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant, microbial and ecosystem carbon use efficiencies interact to stabilize microbial growth as a fraction of gross primary production

(2017) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rhizosphere priming effect: A meta-analysis

(2017) Changfu Huo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage

(2017) Chao Liang et al.   Nature Microbiology

Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models

(2016) Yiqi Luo et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum

(2016) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rhizosphere priming effect on soil organic carbon decomposition under plant species differing in soil acidification and root exudation

(2016) Xiaojuan Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

(2016) Cynthia M. Kallenbach et al.   Nature Communications

Rhizosphere processes are quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles

(2015) Adrien C. Finzi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Root functional parameters along a land-use gradient: evidence of a community-level economics spectrum

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Contribution of exudates, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and litter depositions to the rhizosphere priming effect induced by grassland species

(2015) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   Nature Climate Change

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Empirical evidence that soil carbon formation from plant inputs is positively related to microbial growth

(2013) Mark A. Bradford et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Stimulation of Different Functional Groups of Bacteria by Various Plant Residues as a Driver of Soil Priming Effect

(2013) Noémie Pascault et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

(2013) Ruirui Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Priming effect and microbial diversity in ecosystem functioning and response to global change: a modeling approach using the SYMPHONY model

(2013) Nazia Perveen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services

(2013) Karl Grigulis et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming

(2013) Weixin Cheng et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2012) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant clipping decelerates the mineralization of recalcitrant soil organic matter under multiple grassland species

(2012) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil

(2012) Joshua P. Schimel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

(2011) Anja Miltner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

REVIEW: Time lag between photosynthesis and carbon dioxide efflux from soil: a review of mechanisms and controls

(2010) YAKOV KUZYAKOV et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

13C fractionation at the root–microorganisms–soil interface: A review and outlook for partitioning studies

(2010) Martin Werth et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Fungi mediate long term sequestration of carbon and nitrogen in soil through their priming effect

(2010) S. Fontaine et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Grazing triggers soil carbon loss by altering plant roots and their control on soil microbial community

(2009) Katja Klumpp et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Does photosynthesis affect grassland soil-respired CO2 and its carbon isotope composition on a diurnal timescale?

(2009) Michael Bahn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon flow in the rhizosphere: carbon trading at the soil–root interface

(2009) D. L. Jones et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Does accelerated soil organic matter decomposition in the presence of plants increase plant N availability?

(2009) Feike A. Dijkstra et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics and climate feedbacks

(2008) Martin Heimann et al.   NATURE