Soil biota and soil substrates influence responses of the rhizomatous clonal grass Leymus chinensis to nutrient heterogeneity

Global patterns of terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

(2020) Enzai Du et al.   Nature Geoscience

Phenotypic Plasticity in Sexual Reproduction Based on Nutrients Supplied From Vegetative Ramets in a Leymus chinensis Population

(2020) Jian Guo et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Summer drought decreases Leymus chinensis productivity through constraining the bud, tiller and shoot production

(2019) Junfeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

Tripartite Interactions Between Endophytic Fungi, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, and Leymus chinensis

(2019) Hui Liu et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Drought sensitivity of aboveground productivity in Leymus chinensis meadow steppe depends on drought timing

(2019) Bo Meng et al.   OECOLOGIA

Nitrogen Addition Increases the Sensitivity of Photosynthesis to Drought and Re-watering Differentially in C3 Versus C4 Grass Species

(2019) Shangzhi Zhong et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Nutrient foraging by mycorrhizas: From species functional traits to ecosystem processes

(2018) Weile Chen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific aggregation and soil heterogeneity: competitive interactions of two clonal plants with contrasting spatial architecture

(2018) Wei Xue et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Microbial competition for nitrogen and carbon is as intense in the subsoil as in the topsoil

(2018) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A plant–microbe interaction framework explaining nutrient effects on primary production

(2018) Petr Čapek et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A multi-species comparison of selective placement patterns of ramets in invasive alien and native clonal plants to light, soil nutrient and water heterogeneity

(2018) Duo Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial heterogeneity in soil particle size: does it affect the yield of plant communities with different species richness?

(2016) Wei Xue et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

Root Foraging Performance and Life-History Traits

(2016) Martin Weiser et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Spatial heterogeneity in soil particle size: does it affect the yield of plant communities with different species richness?

(2016) Wei Xue et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Clonal integration in homogeneous environments increases performance of Alternanthera philoxeroides

(2015) Bi-Cheng Dong et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant-soil feedbacks as drivers of succession: evidence from remnant and restored tallgrass prairies

(2015) Jonathan T. Bauer et al.   Ecosphere

Herbaceous plant species invading natural areas tend to have stronger adaptive root foraging than other naturalized species

(2015) Lidewij H. Keser et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Adaptive plasticity to heterogeneous environments increases capacity for division of labor in the clonal invader Carpobrotus edulis (Aizoaceae)

(2014) S. R. Roiloa et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Soil heterogeneity affects ramet placement of Hydrocotyle vulgaris

(2014) B.-C. Dong et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Soil Nutrient Content Influences the Abundance of Soil Microbes but Not Plant Biomass at the Small-Scale

(2014) Kadri Koorem et al.   PLoS One

The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on total plant nitrogen uptake and nitrogen recovery from soil organic material

(2013) S. SAIA et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Experimental evidence that soil heterogeneity enhances plant diversity during community assembly

(2013) Brandon M. Williams et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Competition between roots and microorganisms for nitrogen: mechanisms and ecological relevance

(2013) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Invasive clonal plant species have a greater root-foraging plasticity than non-invasive ones

(2013) Lidewij H. Keser et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interaction between root growth allocation and mycorrhizal fungi in soil with patchy P distribution

(2013) Bernd Felderer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil Particle Heterogeneity Affects the Growth of a Rhizomatous Wetland Plant

(2013) Lin Huang et al.   PLoS One

Contribution of Root Proliferation in Nutrient-Rich Soil Patches to Nutrient Uptake and Growth of Maize

(2012) Hong-Bo LI et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Foraging responses of clonal plants to multi-patch environmental heterogeneity: spatial preference and temporal reversibility

(2012) Ying Gao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of soil nutrient heterogeneity on intraspecific competition in the invasive, clonal plant Alternanthera philoxeroides

(2011) Jian Zhou et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The Behavioral Ecology of Nutrient Foraging by Plants

(2011) James F. Cahill et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Interactive effects of nutrient heterogeneity and competition: implications for root foraging theory?

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve reestablishment of Leymus chinensis in bare saline-alkaline soil: Implication on vegetation restoration of extremely degraded land

(2011) Y.F. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Modulation of Soil Particle Size and Nutrient Availability in the Maize Rhizosheath

(2011) Wei MA et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and soil nitrogen cycling

(2011) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil heterogeneity buffers community response to climate change in species-rich grassland

(2010) JASON D. FRIDLEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Time-dependent, species-specific effects of N:P stoichiometry on grassland plant growth

(2010) Yuki Fujita et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Substantial nitrogen acquisition by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from organic material has implications for N cycling

(2010) A. Hodge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors

(2010) J. F. Cahill et al.   SCIENCE

Physiological integration in an introduced, invasive plant increases its spread into experimental communities and modifies their structure

(2009) Fei-Hai Yu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce effects of physiological integration in Trifolium repens

(2009) Juan Du et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Short-term consequences of spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen concentrations caused by urine patches of different sizes

(2009) K.H. Orwin et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Soil fertility, heterogeneity, and microbes: towards an integrated understanding of grassland structure and dynamics

(2009) Heather L. Reynolds et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Spatial and temporal effects of nitrogen addition on root life span ofLeymus chinensisin a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia

(2008) W.-M. Bai et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Foraging for space and avoidance of physical obstructions by plant roots: a comparative study of grasses from contrasting habitats

(2008) Marina Semchenko et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variation in small-scale spatial heterogeneity of soil properties and vegetation with different land use in semiarid grassland ecosystem

(2008) Zhiyong Zhou et al.   PLANT AND SOIL