Root economics spectrum and construction costs in Mediterranean woody plants: The role of symbiotic associations and the environment

FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations

(2020) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variation in morphological and chemical traits of Mediterranean tree roots: linkage with leaf traits and soil conditions

(2020) Teodoro Marañón et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Functional and phylogenetic consequences of plant invasion for coastal native communities

(2019) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

(2019) Deliang Kong et al.   Nature Communications

The worldwide leaf economic spectrum traits are closely linked with mycorrhizal traits

(2019) Zhaoyong Shi et al.   Fungal Ecology

Water-spender strategy is linked to higher leaf nutrient concentrations across plant species colonizing a dry and nutrient-poor epiphytic habitat

(2018) J.I. Querejeta et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity

(2018) Mark C. Brundrett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A hyper‐arid environment shapes an inverse pattern of the fast–slow plant economics spectrum for above‐, but not below‐ground resource acquisition strategies

(2018) Danny E. Carvajal et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2017) M. Luke McCormack 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 traits across environmental gradients in Mediterranean woody communities: are they aligned along the root economics spectrum?

(2017) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

Functional responses of Mediterranean plant communities to soil resource heterogeneity: a mycorrhizal trait-based approach

(2016) Carmen M. Navarro-Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

Climatic events inducing die-off in Mediterranean shrublands: are species’ responses related to their functional traits?

(2016) Francisco Lloret et al.   OECOLOGIA

Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) and Its Relationship with Leaf Structure and Anatomy in 34 Mediterranean Woody Species along a Water Availability Gradient

(2016) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   PLoS One

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

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Improving crop nutrient efficiency through root architecture modifications

(2015) Xinxin Li et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

(2015) Hong Qian et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

A plant economics spectrum in Mediterranean forests along environmental gradients: is there coordination among leaf, stem and root traits?

(2015) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

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

Disentangling the relative importance of species occurrence, abundance and intraspecific variability in community assembly: a trait-based approach at the whole-plant level in Mediterranean forests

(2015) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   OIKOS

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium facilitate nitrogen uptake and transfer in soybean/maize intercropping system

(2015) Lingbo Meng et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

(2015) Hong Qian et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

(2012) L. H. Comas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Root and leaf functional trait relations in Poaceae species: implications of differing resource-acquisition strategies

(2012) F. Fort et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Growth and maintenance costs of leaves and roots in two populations of Quercus ilex native to distinct substrates

(2012) Raquel G. Laureano et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Organic nitrogen uptake by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal forest

(2012) Matthew D. Whiteside et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Plant Nutrition and Growth: New Paradigms from Cellular to Ecosystem Scales

(2011) Sally E. Smith et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Plant functional traits along environmental gradients in seasonally dry and fire-prone ecosystem

(2011) Burak K Pekin et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The cost of stress resistance: construction and maintenance costs of leaves and roots in two populations of Quercus ilex

(2011) R. G. Laureano et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Plant functional type classifications in tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: leaf habit versus taxonomic approaches

(2010) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Effects of co-inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia on soybean growth as related to root architecture and availability of N and P

(2010) Xiurong Wang et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Arbuscular mycorrhiza alters metal uptake and the physiological response of Coffea arabica seedlings to increasing Zn and Cu concentrations in soil

(2010) S.A.L. Andrade et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Morphological traits and water use strategies in seedlings of Mediterranean coexisting species

(2009) E. I. Hernández et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Sealing Plant Surfaces: Cuticular Wax Formation by Epidermal Cells

(2008) Lacey Samuels et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

LEAF HERBIVORY AND DECOMPOSABILITY IN A MALAYSIAN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

(2008) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   ECOLOGY

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