Climate and soil nutrients differentially drive multidimensional fine root traits in ectomycorrhizal‐dominated alpine coniferous forests

Variation in the functional traits of fine roots is linked to phylogenetics in the common tree species of Chinese subtropical forests

(2019) Cong Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

(2019) Deliang Kong et al.   Nature Communications

Physical and Functional Constraints on Viable Belowground Acquisition Strategies

(2019) M. Luke McCormack et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Past and future climatic indicators for distribution patterns and conservation planning of temperate coniferous forests in southwestern China

(2019) Mohammed A. Dakhil et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Two dimensions define the variation of fine root traits across plant communities under the joint influence of ecological succession and annual mowing

(2018) Amandine Erktan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Frontiers in root ecology: recent advances and future challenges

(2018) Amandine Erktan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Changes in plant nitrogen acquisition strategies during the restoration of spruce plantations on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China

(2018) Ziliang Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Community-level economics spectrum of fine-roots driven by nutrient limitations in subalpine forests

(2018) Fanglan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal-temperate forest gradient

(2017) Ivika Ostonen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A worldview of root traits: the influence of ancestry, growth form, climate and mycorrhizal association on the functional trait variation of fine-root tissues in seed plants

(2017) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes 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

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

(2017) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Patterns in spatial distribution and root trait syndromes for ecto and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate trees in a mixed broadleaf forest

(2017) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root nutrient concentration and biomass allocation are more plastic than morphological traits in response to nutrient limitation

(2017) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The interactive impact of root branch order and soil genetic horizon on root respiration and nitrogen concentration

(2017) Lidia K. Trocha et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

Similar below-ground carbon cycling dynamics but contrasting modes of nitrogen cycling between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal forests

(2016) Guigang Lin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

Untangling the effects of root age and tissue nitrogen on root respiration inPopulus tremuloidesat different nitrogen supply

(2016) Christian Ceccon et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species-rich tropical-subtropical forests

(2015) Le Li et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

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

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

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diversity of plant nutrient-acquisition strategies increases during long-term ecosystem development

(2015) Graham Zemunik et al.   Nature Plants

Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees

(2014) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf mass per area is independent of vein length per area: avoiding pitfalls when modelling phenotypic integration (reply to Blonder et al. 2014)

(2014) L. Sack et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Patterns in root traits of woody species hosting arbuscular and ectomycorrhizas: implications for the evolution of belowground strategies

(2014) Louise H. Comas et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Insights into root growth, function, and mycorrhizal abundance from chemical and isotopic data across root orders

(2012) Andrew Ouimette et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

(2011) Jan Lepš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

(2011) Robert J. Holdaway et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Introducing short roots in a desert perennial: anatomy and spatiotemporal foraging responses to increased precipitation

(2011) Roberto Salguero-Gómez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A multi-trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra- vs. interspecific variability in plant traits

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does a fungal species drive ectomycorrhizal root traits in Alnus spp.?

(2009) Ivika Ostonen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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

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

Patterns in root trait variation among 25 co-existing North American forest species

(2009) L. H. Comas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

(2008) Peter B. Reich et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Anatomical traits associated with absorption and mycorrhizal colonization are linked to root branch order in twenty-three Chinese temperate tree species

(2008) Dali Guo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Safety and efficiency conflicts in hydraulic architecture: scaling from tissues to trees

(2008) JOHN S. SPERRY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT