Tree growth increases through opposing above‐ground and below‐ground resource strategies

The role of fine‐root mass, specific root length and life span in tree performance: A whole‐tree exploration

(2020) Monique Weemstra et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

(2020) Joana Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Physical and Functional Constraints on Viable Belowground Acquisition Strategies

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

Root diameter predicts the extramatrical hyphal exploration distance of the ectomycorrhizal fungal community

(2018) Weile Chen et al.   Ecosphere

Scale and strength of oak-mesophyte interactions in a transitional oak-hickory forest

(2018) David Allen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

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

lmerTest Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

(2017) Alexandra Kuznetsova et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

(2016) Marco D. Visser et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta-analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted

(2016) Anaïs Gibert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The nutrient absorption-transportation hypothesis: optimizing structural traits in absorptive roots

(2016) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Why functional ecology should consider all plant organs: An allocation-based perspective

(2015) Michael Kleyer et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

(2015) C. E. Timothy Paine et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

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

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

Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes

(2015) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fine root production and turnover of tree and understorey vegetation in Scots pine, silver birch and Norway spruce stands in SW Sweden

(2013) Karna Hansson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Foraging strategies in trees of different root morphology: the role of root lifespan

(2013) T. S. Adams et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

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

The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum

(2012) Liesje Mommer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

(2012) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Influence of root structure on root survivorship: an analysis of 18 tree species using a minirhizotron method

(2011) Jiacun Gu et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Interspecific variation in functional traits, not climatic differences among species ranges, determines demographic rates across 44 temperate and Mediterranean tree species

(2010) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

(2008) L. Poorter et al.   ECOLOGY

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

(2008) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY