Bringing function to structure: Root–soil interactions shaping phosphatase activity throughout a soil profile in Puerto Rico

A historical and comparative review of 50 years of root data collection in Puerto Rico

(2020) Daniela Yaffar et al.   BIOTROPICA

Greater root phosphatase activity of tropical trees at low phosphorus despite strong variation among species

(2020) Xavier Guilbeault‐Mayers et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant responses to nutrient addition experiments conducted in tropical forests

(2019) S. Joseph Wright   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Amazon forest response to CO2 fertilization dependent on plant phosphorus acquisition

(2019) Katrin Fleischer et al.   Nature Geoscience

Topography shapes the structure, composition and function of tropical forest landscapes

(2018) Tommaso Jucker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Nitrogen fixation and foliar nitrogen do not predict phosphorus acquisition strategies in tropical trees

(2018) Fiona M Soper et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Phosphatase activity and nitrogen fixation reflect species differences, not nutrient trading or nutrient balance, across tropical rainforest trees

(2018) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Pervasive phosphorus limitation of tree species but not communities in tropical forests

(2018) Benjamin L. Turner et al.   NATURE

Greater root phosphatase activity in nitrogen-fixing rhizobial but not actinorhizal plants with declining phosphorus availability

(2017) Guochen K. Png et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Root and Rhizosphere Bacterial Phosphatase Activity Varies with Tree Species and Soil Phosphorus Availability in Puerto Rico Tropical Forest

(2017) Kristine G. Cabugao et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils

(2017) O. Margalef et al.   Scientific Reports

Tropical soil nutrient distributions determined by biotic and hillslope processes

(2016) K. Dana Chadwick et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Soil properties controlling inorganic phosphorus availability: general results from a national forest network and a global compilation of the literature

(2016) David Ludovick Achat et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Seedling growth responses to phosphorus reflect adult distribution patterns of tropical trees

(2016) Paul-Camilo Zalamea et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The relative importance of vertical soil nutrient heterogeneity, and mean and depth-specific soil nutrient availabilities for tree species richness in tropical forests and woodlands

(2016) Deo D. Shirima et al.   OECOLOGIA

Substrate quality affects kinetics and catalytic efficiency of exo-enzymes in rhizosphere and detritusphere

(2016) Sebastian Loeppmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Responses of soil acid phosphatase and beta-glucosidase to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in two subtropical forests in southern China

(2015) Mianhai Zheng et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Linkage of root physiology and morphology as an adaptation to soil phosphorus impoverishment in tropical montane forests

(2015) Masayuki Ushio et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Linking geomorphology, weathering and cation availability in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

(2015) Stephen Porder et al.   GEODERMA

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

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

Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor

(2015) Sasha C. Reed et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phosphatase activity in relation to key litter and soil properties in mature subtropical forests in China

(2015) Enqing Hou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Nutrient limitation of eco-physiological processes in tropical trees

(2015) Louis S. Santiago   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Improving the representation of roots in terrestrial models

(2014) Erica A.H. Smithwick et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests

(2014) Megan K. Nasto et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root structural and functional dynamics in terrestrial biosphere models - evaluation and recommendations

(2014) Jeffrey M. Warren et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Changes in phosphatase kinetics with soil depth across a variable tropical landscape

(2014) Madeleine M. Stone et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes in extracellular enzyme activity and microbial community structure with soil depth at the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory

(2014) M.M. Stone et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The activities of soil and root acid phosphatase in the nine tropical rain forests that differ in phosphorus availability on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

(2013) Kanehiro Kitayama   PLANT AND SOIL

Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees

(2013) R. Condit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distribution of microbial- and root-derived phosphatase activities in the rhizosphere depending on P availability and C allocation – Coupling soil zymography with 14C imaging

(2013) Marie Spohn et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Parent Material and Topography Determine Soil Phosphorus Status in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

(2012) Susanna M. Mage et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The phosphorus concentration of common rocks—a potential driver of ecosystem P status

(2012) Stephen Porder et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Plant Phosphorus Nutrition: Interactions between Pathways of Phosphorus Uptake in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Roots Have Important Implications for Understanding and Manipulating Plant Phosphorus Acquisition

(2011) S. E. Smith et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Soil organic phosphorus in lowland tropical rain forests

(2010) Benjamin L. Turner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Tree species effects on soil enzyme activities through effects on soil physicochemical and microbial properties in a tropical montane forest on Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo

(2010) Masayuki Ushio et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Phosphorus and iron cycling in deep saprolite, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

(2009) Heather L. Buss et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Biotic and abiotic controls on diurnal fluctuations in labile soil phosphorus of a wet tropical forest

(2009) Karen L. Vandecar et al.   ECOLOGY

Acquisition of phosphorus and nitrogen in the rhizosphere and plant growth promotion by microorganisms

(2009) Alan E. Richardson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant mechanisms to optimise access to soil phosphorus

(2009) Alan E. Richardson et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Resource partitioning for soil phosphorus: a hypothesis

(2008) Benjamin L. Turner   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A unifying framework for dinitrogen fixation in the terrestrial biosphere

(2008) Benjamin Z. Houlton et al.   NATURE

The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forests

(2008) A TOWNSEND et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION