A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

Digging deeper: what the critical zone perspective adds to the study of plant ecophysiology

(2020) Todd E. Dawson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations

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

Optimized metabarcoding with Pacific biosciences enables semi‐quantitative analysis of fungal communities

(2020) Carles Castaño et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

P2O5, K2O, CaO, MgO, and basic cations: pervasive use of references to molecules that do not exist in soil

(2020) Hans Lambers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Specific root respiration of three plant species as influenced by storage time and conditions

(2020) Zana A. Lak et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of root morphology, respiration and carboxylate exudation on carbon economy in two non‐mycorrhizal lupines under phosphorus deficiency

(2020) Sachiko Funayama‐Noguchi et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

(2020) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

(2020) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics

(2019) Donald R. Zak et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Accuracy of image analysis tools for functional root traits: A comment on Delory et al. (2017)

(2019) Laura Rose et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO2 enrichment

(2019) Anthony P. Walker et al.   Nature Communications

Multiple phosphorus acquisition strategies adopted by fine roots in low-fertility soils in Central Amazonia

(2019) Laynara F. Lugli et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Interaction between tannins and fungal necromass stabilizes fungal residues in boreal forest soils

(2019) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global patterns in fine root decomposition: climate, chemistry, mycorrhizal association and woodiness

(2019) Craig R. See et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The effect of drought and season on root life span in temperate arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal tree species

(2019) Rebecca Liese et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fine root lignin content is well predictable with near-infrared spectroscopy

(2019) Oliver Elle et al.   Scientific Reports

The ecology and significance of below-ground bud banks in plants

(2019) Jacqueline P Ott et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Misdiagnosis and uncritical use of plant mycorrhizal data are not the only elephants in the room

(2019) C. Guillermo Bueno et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

(2019) Deliang Kong et al.   Nature Communications

Mycorrhizal Fungi as Mediators of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics

(2019) Serita D. Frey   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits

(2019) Jitka Klimešová et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Plant roots increase both decomposition and stable organic matter formation in boreal forest soil

(2019) Bartosz Adamczyk et al.   Nature Communications

Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

(2019) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   Nature Communications

Great Plains Winter Wheat Varies for Root Length and Diameter under Drought Stress

(2018) Wahid Awad et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Traits determining the digestibility–decomposability relationships in species from Mediterranean rangelands

(2018) Iris Bumb et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Linking fine root morphology, hydraulic functioning and shade tolerance of trees

(2018) Marcin Zadworny et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Seeking stable traits to characterize the root system architecture. Study on 60 species located at two sites in natura

(2018) Loïc Pagès et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

No evidence for nutrient foraging in root-sprouting clonal plants

(2018) Jana Martínková et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Field studies reveal functions of chemical mediators in plant interactions

(2018) Meredith C. Schuman et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria: nodulation and phylogenetic data across legume genera

(2018) Michelle E. Afkhami et al.   ECOLOGY

Belowground plant functional ecology: Towards an integrated perspective

(2018) Jitka Klimešová et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Tree leaf and root traits mediate soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational gradient

(2018) Saori Fujii et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of climate on plant litter decomposition: Accounting for stress-induced modifications in plant chemistry

(2018) Vidya Suseela et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Lignins: Biosynthesis and Biological Functions in Plants

(2018) Qingquan Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Clearcutting alters decomposition processes and initiates complex restructuring of fungal communities in soil and tree roots

(2018) Petr Kohout et al.   ISME Journal

Below-ground resource partitioning alone cannot explain the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship: A field test using multiple tracers

(2018) Annette Jesch et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrogen fixer abundance has no effect on biomass recovery during tropical secondary forest succession

(2018) Hao Ran Lai et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as mediators of ecosystem responses to nitrogen deposition: A trait-based predictive framework

(2018) Kathleen K. Treseder et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root responses to elevated CO2 , warming and irrigation in a semi-arid grassland: Integrating biomass, length and life span in a 5-year field experiment

(2018) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade-long grassland experiment

(2018) Christine Fischer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Is intensity of plant root mycorrhizal colonization a good proxy for plant growth rate, dominance and decomposition in nutrient poor conditions?

(2018) Tatiana G. Elumeeva et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Global database of plants with root-symbiotic nitrogen fixation: NodDB

(2018) Leho Tedersoo et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Allocation, morphology, physiology, architecture: the multiple facets of plant above- and below-ground responses to resource stress

(2018) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity

(2018) Liesje Mommer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics depict ericoid mycorrhizal fungi as versatile saprotrophs and plant mutualists

(2018) Elena Martino et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems

(2018) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The carboxylate-releasing phosphorus-mobilizing strategy can be proxied by foliar manganese concentration in a large set of chickpea germplasm under low phosphorus supply

(2018) Jiayin Pang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity

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

Horizontal growth: An overlooked dimension in plant trait space

(2018) Jitka Klimešová et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

ERULUS Is a Plasma Membrane-Localized Receptor-Like Kinase That Specifies Root Hair Growth by Maintaining Tip-Focused Cytoplasmic Calcium Oscillations

(2018) Taegun Kwon et al.   PLANT CELL

Associative nitrogen fixation (ANF) in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) across a nitrogen input gradient

(2018) Sarah S. Roley et al.   PLoS One

Solar radiation strongly influences the quantity of forest tree root exudates

(2018) Masataka Nakayama et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Review and Evaluation of Root Respiration and of Natural and Agricultural Processes of Soil Aeration

(2018) Ilan Ben-Noah et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Non-structural carbohydrates regulated by season and species in the subtropical monsoon broad-leaved evergreen forest of Yunnan Province, China

(2018) Wande Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Compound-Specific Carbon Isotopes and Concentrations of Carbohydrates and Organic Acids as Indicators of Tree Decline in Mountain Pine

(2018) Olga Churakova (Sidorova) et al.   Forests

High Resolution Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Changes in O2 Concentration in Root-Pathogen Interaction

(2018) Mirco Rodeghiero et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

(2018) Alexandru Milcu et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A New Framework for Evaluating Estimates of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Forests

(2018) Joy B. Winbourne et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

An integrated method for high-resolution definition of new diameter-based fine root sub-classes of Fagus sylvatica L.

(2018) Antonio Montagnoli et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

A New Method for Estimating Coarse Root Production in Forest Ecosystem

(2018) Tran Van Do et al.   FOREST SCIENCE

Greater lateral root branching density in maize improves phosphorus acquisition from low phosphorus soil

(2018) Xucun Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Misdiagnosis of mycorrhizas and inappropriate recycling of data can lead to false conclusions

(2018) Mark Brundrett et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Comparison of different methods for determining lignin concentration and quality in herbaceous and woody plant residues

(2018) Sibylle Faust et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant density modifies root system architecture in spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) through a change in nodal root number

(2018) V. L. Hecht et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of root dehydration on biomechanical properties of woody roots of Ulex europaeus

(2018) D. Boldrin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil compaction modifies morphological characteristics of seminal maize roots

(2018) B. Konôpka et al.   PLANT SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT

Contrasting dynamics and trait controls in first-order root compared with leaf litter decomposition

(2018) Tao Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How are nitrogen availability, fine‐root mass, and nitrogen uptake related empirically? Implications for models and theory

(2018) Ray Dybzinski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mycobiome diversity: high-throughput sequencing and identification of fungi

(2018) R. Henrik Nilsson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Unaltered phenology but increased production of ectomycorrhizal roots of Pinus elliottii under 4 years of nitrogen addition

(2018) Liang Kou et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Multi-lab EcoFAB study shows highly reproducible physiology and depletion of soil metabolites by a model grass

(2018) Joelle Sasse et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil fertility in boreal forest relates to root-driven nitrogen retention and carbon sequestration in the mor layer

(2018) Julia Kyaschenko et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping

(2018) Jonathan A Atkinson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of root diameter, branch order, soil depth and season of birth on fine root life span in five temperate tree species

(2017) Jiacun Gu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Underground organs of Brazilian Asteraceae: testing the CLO-PLA database traits

(2017) Arinawa Liz Filartiga et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Checklist of root-sprouters in the Czech flora: mapping the gaps in our knowledge

(2017) Alena Bartušková et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

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

Effects of disturbance frequency and severity on plant traits: An assessment across a temperate flora

(2017) Tomáš Herben et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Root traits are related to plant water-use among rangeland Mediterranean species

(2017) Florian Fort et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Carbon input by roots into the soil: Quantification of rhizodeposition from root to ecosystem scale

(2017) Johanna Pausch et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Below-ground complementarity effects in a grassland biodiversity experiment are related to deep-rooting species

(2017) Natalie J. Oram et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Vertical root distribution of individual species in a mountain grassland community: Does it respond to neighbours?

(2017) Tomáš Herben et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

LARGE ROOT ANGLE1, encoding OsPIN2, is involved in root system architecture in rice

(2017) Lingling Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Stored root carbohydrates can maintain root respiration for extended periods

(2017) Doug P. Aubrey 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

Root hairs enable high transpiration rates in drying soils

(2017) Andrea Carminati et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tolerance or avoidance: drought frequency determines the response of an N2 -fixing tree

(2017) Jeffrey M. Minucci et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-resolution synchrotron imaging shows that root hairs influence rhizosphere soil structure formation

(2017) Nicolai Koebernick 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

Open Sim Root : widening the scope and application of root architectural models

(2017) Johannes A. Postma et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 governed by plant-soil interactions and the cost of nitrogen acquisition

(2017) César Terrer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root chemistry and soil fauna, but not soil abiotic conditions explain the effects of plant diversity on root decomposition

(2017) Hongmei Chen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Autumnal warming does not change root phenology in two contrasting vegetation types of subarctic tundra

(2017) Sarah Schwieger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

How belowground interactions contribute to the coexistence of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal species in severely phosphorus-impoverished hyperdiverse ecosystems

(2017) Hans Lambers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Functional implications of root cortical senescence for soil resource capture

(2017) Hannah M. Schneider et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Maintaining connectivity: understanding the role of root order and mycelial networks in fine root decomposition of woody plants

(2017) Katilyn V. Beidler et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fine-root growth in a forested bog is seasonally dynamic, but shallowly distributed in nutrient-poor peat

(2017) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nitrogen nutrition of beech forests in a changing climate: importance of plant-soil-microbe water, carbon, and nitrogen interactions

(2017) Judy Simon et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface

(2017) Andrea Carminati et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) detects fine roots of agricultural crops in the field

(2017) Xiuwei Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Clonal plant allocation to daughter ramets is a simple function of parent size across species and nutrient levels

(2017) E. E. Batzer et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Improving phosphorus use efficiency: a complex trait with emerging opportunities

(2017) Sigrid Heuer et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

An evaluation of inexpensive methods for root image acquisition when using rhizotrons

(2017) Awaz Mohamed et al.   Plant Methods

Root Tip Shape Governs Root Elongation Rate under Increased Soil Strength

(2017) Tino Colombi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Interplay between Ions, the Cytoskeleton, and Cell Wall Properties during Tip Growth

(2017) Carlisle S. Bascom et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth

(2017) Ying Fan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fatty acids in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are synthesized by the host plant

(2017) Leonie H. Luginbuehl et al.   SCIENCE

OCO-2 advances photosynthesis observation from space via solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

(2017) Y. Sun et al.   SCIENCE

Root exudates increase N availability by stimulating microbial turnover of fast-cycling N pools

(2017) Ina C. Meier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root exudation patterns in a beech forest: Dependence on soil depth, root morphology, and environment

(2017) Timo Tückmantel et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny – The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG)

(2017) Nasim Azani et al.   TAXON

The mycorrhizal type governs root exudation and nitrogen uptake of temperate tree species

(2017) Rebecca Liese et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Functional Rarity: The Ecology of Outliers

(2017) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Water and nitrogen uptake are better associated with resource availability than root biomass

(2017) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   Ecosphere

Pitfalls in Root Trait Calculations: How Ignoring Diameter Heterogeneity Can Lead to Overestimation of Functional Traits

(2017) Laura Rose   Frontiers in Plant Science

Influence of Root Diameter and Soil Depth on the Xylem Anatomy of Fine- to Medium-Sized Roots of Mature Beech Trees in the Top- and Subsoil

(2017) Kristina Kirfel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Ancestral QTL Alleles from Wild Emmer Wheat Enhance Root Development under Drought in Modern Wheat

(2017) Lianne Merchuk-Ovnat et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Climate Influences the Content and Chemical Composition of Foliar Tannins in Green and Senesced Tissues of Quercus rubra

(2017) Sara M. Top et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Significant inconsistency of vegetation carbon density in CMIP5 Earth system models against observational data

(2017) Xia Song et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

(2017) Mark A. Bradford et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Chasing unicorns: Nodulation origins and the paradox of novelty

(2016) Jeff J. Doyle   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The amount of parenchyma and living fibers affects storage of nonstructural carbohydrates in young stems and roots of temperate trees

(2016) Lenka Plavcová et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Elymus repensbiomass allocation and acquisition as affected by light and nutrient supply and companion crop competition

(2016) Björn Ringselle et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Branching patterns of root systems: comparison of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous species

(2016) Loïc Pagès   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Impact of axial root growth angles on nitrogen acquisition in maize depends on environmental conditions

(2016) A. Dathe et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Relationships between root diameter, root length and root branching along lateral roots in adult, field-grown maize

(2016) Qian Wu et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A thioacidolysis method tailored for higher-throughput quantitative analysis of lignin monomers

(2016) Anne E. Harman-Ware et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Soil moisture causes dynamic adjustments to root reinforcement that reduce slope stability

(2016) Tristram C. Hales et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Ectomycorrhizal fungi slow soil carbon cycling

(2016) Colin Averill et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant diversity and root traits benefit physical properties key to soil function in grasslands

(2016) Iain J. Gould et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mixotrophy everywhere on land and in water: the grand écart hypothesis

(2016) Marc-André Selosse et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ectomycorrhizal inoculation of Populus nigra modifies the response of absorptive root respiration and root surface enzyme activity to salinity stress

(2016) Burenjargal Otgonsuren et al.   FLORA

Methods for estimating root biomass and production in forest and woodland ecosystem carbon studies: A review

(2016) Shalom D. Addo-Danso et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal guilds compete for the same organic substrates but affect decomposition differently

(2016) Inga T. M. Bödeker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Root and leaf decomposition become decoupled over time: implications for below- and above-ground relationships

(2016) Chengen Ma et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Patterns of structural and defense investments in fine roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) across a strong temperature and latitudinal gradient in Europe

(2016) Marcin Zadworny et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution

(2016) Eric Garnier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

3D deformation field in growing plant roots reveals both mechanical and biological responses to axial mechanical forces

(2016) François Bizet et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mapping of quantitative trait loci for root hair length in wheat identifies loci that co-locate with loci for yield components

(2016) R. Horn et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Image-based modelling of nutrient movement in and around the rhizosphere

(2016) Keith R. Daly et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Rhizosheaths on wheat grown in acid soils: phosphorus acquisition efficiency and genetic control

(2016) Richard A. James et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Root hair formation in rice (Oryza sativaL.) differs between root types and is altered in artificial growth conditions

(2016) Josefine Nestler et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The holistic rhizosphere: integrating zones, processes, and semantics in the soil influenced by roots

(2016) Larry M. York et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

(2016) Joseph W. Spatafora et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Fine roots - functional definition expanded to crop species?

(2016) Richard W. Zobel   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Scots pine fine roots adjust along a 2000-km latitudinal climatic gradient

(2016) Marcin Zadworny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plants are less negatively affected by flooding when growing in species-rich plant communities

(2016) Alexandra J. Wright et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-resolution isotope measurements resolve rapid ecohydrological dynamics at the soil-plant interface

(2016) Till H. M. Volkmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees - from what we can measure to what we want to know

(2016) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evidence for foliar endophytic nitrogen fixation in a widely distributed subalpine conifer

(2016) Andrew B. Moyes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Life span and structure of ephemeral root modules of different functional groups from a desert system

(2016) Bo Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective

(2016) Yadvinder Malhi 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

Pampered inside, pestered outside? Differences and similarities between plants growing in controlled conditions and in the field

(2016) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2016) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root respiratory costs of ion uptake, root growth, and root maintenance in wetland plants: efficiency and strategy of O2 use for adaptation to hypoxia

(2016) Takatoshi Nakamura et al.   OECOLOGIA

Dual regulation of root hydraulic conductivity and plasma membrane aquaporins by plant nitrate accumulation and high-affinity nitrate transporter NRT2.1

(2016) Guowei Li et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Phylogenetically structured traits in root systems influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in woody angiosperms

(2016) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Estimating fine-root production by tree species and understorey functional groups in two contrasting peatland forests

(2016) Rabbil Bhuiyan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Which root architectural elements contribute the best to anchorage of Pinus species? Insights from in silico experiments

(2016) Ming Yang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

A method forin situmonitoring of the isotope composition of tree xylem water using laser spectroscopy

(2016) Till H. M. Volkmann et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Quantitative 3D Analysis of Plant Roots growing in Soil using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(2016) Dagmar van Dusschoten et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

X-Ray Computed Tomography Reveals the Response of Root System Architecture to Soil Texture

(2016) Eric D. Rogers et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Legumes are different: Leaf nitrogen, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency

(2016) Mark Andrew Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Photodegradation alleviates the lignin bottleneck for carbon turnover in terrestrial ecosystems

(2016) Amy T. Austin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sap flow and sugar transport in plants

(2016) K. H. Jensen et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO2 fertilization effect

(2016) C. Terrer et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2016) Christian Ceccon et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

New Methods To Unravel Rhizosphere Processes

(2016) Eva Oburger et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Metabolomics in the Rhizosphere: Tapping into Belowground Chemical Communication

(2016) Nicole M. van Dam et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Genetic Variability in Phosphorus Responses of Rice Root Phenotypes

(2016) Phanchita Vejchasarn et al.   Rice

Fast-cycling unit of root turnover in perennial herbaceous plants in a cold temperate ecosystem

(2016) Kai Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

Early Stage Fine-Root Decomposition and Its Relationship with Root Order and Soil Depth in a Larix gmelinii Plantation

(2016) Tao Sun et al.   Forests

A thioacidolysis method tailored for higher-throughput quantitative analysis of lignin monomers

(2016) Anne E. Harman-Ware et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Visualizing land-use and management complexity within biogeochemical cycles of an agricultural landscape

(2016) Kai Nils Nitzsche et al.   Ecosphere

Arabidopsis: An Adequate Model for Dicot Root Systems?

(2016) Richard W. Zobel   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fine Root Productivity and Turnover of Ectomycorrhizal and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Tree Species in a Temperate Broad-Leaved Mixed Forest

(2016) Petra Kubisch et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root Foraging Performance and Life-History Traits

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

Carbon Allocation into Different Fine-Root Classes of Young Abies alba Trees Is Affected More by Phenology than by Simulated Browsing

(2016) Tina Endrulat et al.   PLoS One

Sequestration of C in soils under Miscanthus can be marginal and is affected by genotype-specific root distribution

(2015) Goetz M. Richter et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The role of root development of Avena fatua in conferring soil strength

(2015) M. R. Dumlao et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Bud-bank and tiller dynamics of co-occurring C3 caespitose grasses in mixed-grass prairie

(2015) Jacqueline P. Ott et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Online investigation of respiratory quotients in Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies during drought and shading by means of cavity-enhanced Raman multi-gas spectrometry

(2015) Stefan Hanf et al.   ANALYST

The chemistry of some foliar litters and their sequential proximate analysis fractions

(2015) Caroline M. Preston et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Root system development and architecture in various genotypes of the Solanaceae family

(2015) Hong Hai Bui et al.   Botany

Patterns and Mechanisms of Nutrient Resorption in Plants

(2015) Amber N. Brant et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Paradigm shift in plant growth control

(2015) Christian Körner   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Methods for measuring arctic and alpine shrub growth: A review

(2015) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Taxonomic identity determines N2fixation by canopy trees across lowland tropical forests

(2015) Nina Wurzburger et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Loss of Plant Species Diversity Reduces Soil Erosion Resistance

(2015) Frank Berendse et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Glucose: Detection and analysis

(2015) A.L. Galant et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Biomass allometry for alder, dwarf birch, and willow in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems of far northeastern Siberia and north-central Alaska

(2015) Logan T. Berner et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Diversity effects on root length production and loss in an experimental grassland community

(2015) Liesje Mommer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Challenging the maximum rooting depth paradigm in grasslands and savannas

(2015) Jesse B. Nippert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global patterns of plant root colonization intensity by mycorrhizal fungi explained by climate and soil chemistry

(2015) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Comparison of ingrowth core and sequential soil core methods for estimating belowground net primary production in grass-clover swards

(2015) S. Chen et al.   GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE

Environmental parameters monitoring in precision agriculture using wireless sensor networks

(2015) Mare Srbinovska et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

From pots to plots: hierarchical trait-based prediction of plant performance in a mesic grassland

(2015) Thomas Schroeder-Georgi et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root anatomical phenes predict root penetration ability and biomechanical properties in maize (Zea Mays)

(2015) Joseph G. Chimungu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The genetics of rhizosheath size in a multiparent mapping population of wheat

(2015) Emmanuel Delhaize et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Reduced frequency of lateral root branching improves N capture from low-N soils in maize

(2015) Ai Zhan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plant cell wall extensibility: connecting plant cell growth with cell wall structure, mechanics, and the action of wall-modifying enzymes

(2015) Daniel J. Cosgrove   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Explaining within-community variation in plant biomass allocation: a balance between organ biomass and morphology above vs below ground?

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Fungal Traits That Drive Ecosystem Dynamics on Land

(2015) Kathleen K. Treseder et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Fine-scale belowground species associations in temperate grassland

(2015) Douglas A. Frank et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The limits to leaf and root plasticity: what is so special about specific root length?

(2015) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands

(2015) Enrique Valencia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The hidden season: growing season is 50% longer below than above ground along an arctic elevation gradient

(2015) Gesche Blume-Werry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Higher survival drives the success of nitrogen-fixing trees through succession in Costa Rican rainforests

(2015) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species

(2015) Sean M. Gleason et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How does biomass distribution change with size and differ among species? An analysis for 1200 plant species from five continents

(2015) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phenolic profile within the fine-root branching orders of an evergreen species highlights a disconnect in root tissue quality predicted by elemental- and molecular-level carbon composition

(2015) Jun-Jian Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Quantitative assessment of the differential impacts of arbuscular and ectomycorrhiza on soil carbon cycling

(2015) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

(2015) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden 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

Belowground bud bank response to grazing under severe, short-term drought

(2015) Benjamin L. VanderWeide et al.   OECOLOGIA

On the controls of root lifespan: assessing the role of soluble phenolics

(2015) Thomas S. Adams et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Competition with winter crops induces deeper rooting of walnut trees in a Mediterranean alley cropping agroforestry system

(2015) Rémi Cardinael et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of root age on the biomechanics of seminal and nodal roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in contrasting soil environments

(2015) K. W. Loades et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Should I stay or should I go? Roots segregate in response to competition intensity

(2015) Christoph Schmid et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Next generation shovelomics: set up a tent and REST

(2015) Tino Colombi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Digital imaging of root traits (DIRT): a high-throughput computing and collaboration platform for field-based root phenomics

(2015) Abhiram Das et al.   Plant Methods

Direct comparison of MRI and X-ray CT technologies for 3D imaging of root systems in soil: potential and challenges for root trait quantification

(2015) Ralf Metzner et al.   Plant Methods

Guidelines for measuring and reporting environmental parameters for experiments in greenhouses

(2015) A J Both et al.   Plant Methods

Root Hair Development in the Grasses: What We Already Know and What We Still Need to Know

(2015) Marek Marzec et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Live Imaging of Inorganic Phosphate in Plants with Cellular and Subcellular Resolution

(2015) Pallavi Mukherjee et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Long-term litter decomposition controlled by manganese redox cycling

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A simple model for the influence of habitat resource availability on lateral clonal spread

(2015) M. Weiser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Estimating aboveground biomass and leaf area of low-stature Arctic shrubs with terrestrial LiDAR

(2015) Heather E. Greaves et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Fine root decomposition, nutrient mobilization and fungal communities in a pine forest ecosystem

(2015) Ang Li et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant species effects on nutrient cycling: revisiting litter feedbacks

(2015) Sarah E. Hobbie   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Leaf manganese accumulation and phosphorus-acquisition efficiency

(2015) Hans Lambers et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   Nature Climate Change

A molecular method to identify species of fine roots and to predict the proportion of a species in mixed samples in subtropical forests

(2015) Weixian Zeng et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Seasonal Patterns of Fine Root Production and Turnover in a Mature Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.) Stand- Differentiation with Soil Depth and Implications for Soil Carbon Stocks

(2015) Jean-Luc Maeght et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Diversity of nitrogen fixation strategies in Mediterranean legumes

(2015) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   Nature Plants

Biome-scale nitrogen fixation strategies selected by climatic constraints on nitrogen cycle

(2015) Efrat Sheffer et al.   Nature Plants

Reactivity continuum modeling of leaf, root, and wood decomposition across biomes

(2015) Birgit Koehler et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

No Evidence of Complementary Water Use along a Plant Species Richness Gradient in Temperate Experimental Grasslands

(2015) Dörte Bachmann et al.   PLoS One

Potassium deficiency in plants: effects and signaling cascades

(2014) Chokri Hafsi et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

New insights into pioneer root xylem development: evidence obtained from Populus trichocarpa plants grown under field conditions

(2014) Agnieszka Bagniewska-Zadworna et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Branching patterns of root systems: quantitative analysis of the diversity among dicotyledonous species

(2014) Loïc Pagès   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant traits and ecosystem effects of clonality: a new research agenda

(2014) Johannes H. C. Cornelissen et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

(2014) David Tilman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

From birth to death — Populus trichocarpa fibrous roots functional anatomy

(2014) A. Bagniewska-Zadworna et al.   BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Spectroscopic determination of leaf morphological and biochemical traits for northern temperate and boreal tree species

(2014) Shawn P. Serbin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Improving the representation of roots in terrestrial models

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

Impacts of morphological traits and temperature on fine root respiration during dormancy of Caragana korshinskii

(2014) Zongrui Lai et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Variability in root production, phenology, and turnover rate among 12 temperate tree species

(2014) M. Luke McCormack et al.   ECOLOGY

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

NH4 : NO3nutrition influence on biomass productivity and root respiration of poplar and willow clones

(2014) Boris Rewald et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

(2014) Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes

(2014) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Impact of interspecific interactions on the soil water uptake depth in a young temperate mixed species plantation

(2014) Charlotte Grossiord et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Mycorrhizal traits and plant communities: perspectives for integration

(2014) Mari Moora   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Clonal and bud bank traits: patterns across temperate plant communities

(2014) Jitka Klimešová et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

(2014) Colin Averill et al.   NATURE

Replication

(2014) Paul Blainey et al.   NATURE METHODS

Plant diversity and overyielding: insights from belowground facilitation of intercropping in agriculture

(2014) Long Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Are above- and below-ground phenology in sync?

(2014) Rose Z. Abramoff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Understanding the genetic control and physiological traits associated with rhizosheath production by barley (Hordeum vulgare)

(2014) Timothy S. George et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modelling the root system architecture of Poaceae. Can we simulate integrated traits from morphological parameters of growth and branching?

(2014) Loïc Pagès et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reconcilable differences: a joint calibration of fine-root turnover times with radiocarbon and minirhizotrons

(2014) Bernhard Ahrens et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The rhizosphere and hyphosphere differ in their impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2014) Ina C. Meier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation

(2014) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Where does the carbon go? A model-data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free-air CO2enrichment sites

(2014) Martin G. De Kauwe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant litter chemistry and microbial priming regulate the accrual, composition and stability of soil carbon in invaded ecosystems

(2014) Mioko Tamura et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The unseen iceberg: plant roots in arctic tundra

(2014) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon sequestration is related to mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during long-term succession in boreal forests

(2014) Karina E. Clemmensen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbohydrate storage in meadow plants and its depletion after disturbance: do roots and stem-derived organs differ in their roles?

(2014) Štěpán Janeček et al.   OECOLOGIA

Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

(2014) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   OIKOS

Quantifying resource use complementarity in grassland species: A comparison of different nutrient tracers

(2014) Annette Gockele et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Increased nitrogen deposition alleviated the competitive effects of the introduced invasive plant Robinia pseudoacacia on the native tree Quercus acutissima

(2014) Yujie Luo et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Early season root production in relation to leaf production among six diverse temperate tree species

(2014) M. Luke McCormack et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Methodological tests of the use of trace elements as tracers to assess root activity

(2014) N. J. Hoekstra et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Ground-penetrating radar-based automatic reconstruction of three-dimensional coarse root system architecture

(2014) Yuan Wu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant species diversity affects infiltration capacity in an experimental grassland through changes in soil properties

(2014) Christine Fischer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Modified ingrowth core method plus infrared calibration models for estimating fine root production in peatlands

(2014) Raija Laiho et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Three-dimensional architecture of axile roots of field-grown maize

(2014) Jie Wu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Tracking the photosynthesized carbon input into soil organic carbon pools in a rice soil fertilized with nitrogen

(2014) Tida Ge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The importance of a sterile rhizosphere when phenotyping for root exudation

(2014) René C. P. Kuijken et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Challenges and opportunities for quantifying roots and rhizosphere interactions through imaging and image analysis

(2014) H. F. DOWNIE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Root phenes that reduce the metabolic costs of soil exploration: opportunities for 21st century agriculture

(2014) JONATHAN P. LYNCH   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Rhizoslides: paper-based growth system for non-destructive, high throughput phenotyping of root development by means of image analysis

(2014) Chantal Le Marié et al.   Plant Methods

It's Complicated: Intraroot System Variability of Respiration and Morphological Traits in Four Deciduous Tree Species

(2014) B. Rewald et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Root Cortical Aerenchyma Enhances Nitrogen Acquisition from Low-Nitrogen Soils in Maize

(2014) P. Saengwilai et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Optimal Lateral Root Branching Density for Maize Depends on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Availability

(2014) J. A. Postma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Continuous Incorporation of Carbon into Existing Sassafras albidum Fine Roots and Its Implications for Estimating Root Turnover

(2014) Thomas S. Adams et al.   PLoS One

Nine Years of Irrigation Cause Vegetation and Fine Root Shifts in a Water-Limited Pine Forest

(2014) Claude Herzog et al.   PLoS One

A Framework for Identifying Plant Species to Be Used as ‘Ecological Engineers’ for Fixing Soil on Unstable Slopes

(2014) Murielle Ghestem et al.   PLoS One

Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots

(2014) P. B. Reich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycle

(2014) B. W. Sullivan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root-induced changes in nutrient cycling in forests depend on exudation rates

(2014) Huajun Yin et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root diameter variations explained by anatomy and phylogeny of 50 tropical and temperate tree species

(2014) J. Gu et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Role of aquaporin activity in regulating deep and shallow root hydraulic conductance during extreme drought

(2014) Daniel M. Johnson et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms

(2014) Gijsbert D. A. Werner et al.   Nature Communications

Nondestructive estimates of above-ground biomass using terrestrial laser scanning

(2014) Kim Calders et al.   Methods in Ecology and 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

Regulation of cell fate determination in plants

(2014) Shucai Wang et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Regulation of epidermal cell fate in Arabidopsis roots: the importance of multiple feedback loops

(2014) John Schiefelbein et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Impacts of environmental factors on fine root lifespan

(2014) M. Luke McCormack et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Simplifying the decision matrix for estimating fine root production by the sequential soil coring approach

(2013) Z.Y. Yuan et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Solution-State 2D NMR Spectroscopy of Plant Cell Walls Enabled by a Dimethylsulfoxide-d6/1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate Solvent

(2013) Kun Cheng et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Quantitative imaging of rhizosphere pH and CO2 dynamics with planar optodes

(2013) Stephan Blossfeld et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Steep, cheap and deep: an ideotype to optimize water and N acquisition by maize root systems

(2013) Jonathan P. Lynch   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Growth Mechanisms in Tip-Growing Plant Cells

(2013) Caleb M. Rounds et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Potassium Transport and Signaling in Higher Plants

(2013) Yi Wang et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants

(2013) Michael C. Dietze et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

Calibration and evaluation of ArchiSimple, a simple model of root system architecture

(2013) Loïc Pagès et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Mycorrhizas in the Central European flora: relationships with plant life history traits and ecology

(2013) Stefan Hempel et al.   ECOLOGY

Sampling volume in root studies: the pitfalls of under-sampling exposed using accumulation curves

(2013) Benton N. Taylor et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

How to Preserve Plant Samples for Carbohydrate Analysis? Test of Suitable Methods Applicable in Remote Areas

(2013) Zuzana Chlumská et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

A novel method for the determination of ascorbic acid and antioxidant capacity in Opuntia ficus indica using in vivo microdialysis

(2013) L. Pretti et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Competition effects on fine root survival of Fagus sylvatica and Fraxinus excelsior

(2013) Friderike Beyer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Big data and the future of ecology

(2013) Stephanie E Hampton et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Why fine tree roots are stronger than thicker roots: The role of cellulose and lignin in relation to slope stability

(2013) Chao-Bo Zhang et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Ecosystem-scale measurements of biomass water using cosmic ray neutrons

(2013) Trenton E. Franz et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Regional scale patterns of fine root lifespan and turnover under current and future climate

(2013) M. Luke McCormack et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Enhanced root exudation stimulates soil nitrogen transformations in a subalpine coniferous forest under experimental warming

(2013) Huajun Yin et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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 distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours

(2013) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrogen and phosphorus interact to control tropical symbiotic N2fixation: a test inInga punctata

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Independent variations of plant and soil mixtures reveal soil feedback effects on plant community overyielding

(2013) Marloes Hendriks et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root hairs improve root penetration, root–soil contact, and phosphorus acquisition in soils of different strength

(2013) Rebecca E. Haling et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Asymmetric growth of root epidermal cells is related to the differentiation of root hair cells in Hordeum vulgare (L.)

(2013) Marek Marzec et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Methods of collection of plant root exudates in relation to plant metabolism and purpose: A review

(2013) Valerie Vranova et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   NATURE

Control of root system architecture by DEEPER ROOTING 1 increases rice yield under drought conditions

(2013) Yusaku Uga et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Absolute quantification by droplet digital PCR versus analog real-time PCR

(2013) Christopher M Hindson et al.   NATURE METHODS

Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

(2013) Laurent Philippot et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

(2013) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High resolution synchrotron imaging of wheat root hairs growing in soil and image based modelling of phosphate uptake

(2013) Samuel D. Keyes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming

(2013) Weixin Cheng et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Drought enhances symbiotic dinitrogen fixation and competitive ability of a temperate forest tree

(2013) Nina Wurzburger et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root elongation rate is correlated with the length of the bare root apex of maize and lupin roots despite contrasting responses of root growth to compact and dry soils

(2013) Sonja Schmidt et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Estimating the parameters of a 3-D root distribution function from root observations with the trench profile method: case study with simulated and field-observed root data

(2013) Joachim Vansteenkiste et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

IJ_Rhizo: an open-source software to measure scanned images of root samples

(2013) Alain Pierret et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biomechanics of nodal, seminal and lateral roots of barley: effects of diameter, waterlogging and mechanical impedance

(2013) K. W. Loades et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Assessing the accuracy of simple field based root strength measurements

(2013) T. C. Hales et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Modelling root–soil interactions using three–dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function

(2013) Vanessa M. Dunbabin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Longitudinal variation in cadmium influx in intact first order lateral roots of sunflower (Helianthus annuus. L)

(2013) Marie A. Laporte et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Measurement of fine root tissue density: a comparison of three methods reveals the potential of root dry matter content

(2013) Marine Birouste et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Improved scaling of minirhizotron data using an empirically-derived depth of field and correcting for the underestimation of root diameters

(2013) Benton N. Taylor et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The extent of mycorrhizal colonization of roots and its influence on plant growth and phosphorus content

(2013) Kathleen K. Treseder   PLANT AND SOIL

Slow decomposition of very fine roots and some factors controlling the process: a 4-year experiment in four temperate tree species

(2013) Tao Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Multiple factors influence the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil aggregation—a meta-analysis

(2013) Eva F. Leifheit et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root orientation can affect detection accuracy of ground-penetrating radar

(2013) Toko Tanikawa et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Comparing simple root phenotyping methods on a core set of rice genotypes

(2013) R. Shrestha et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Physiological aspects of raffinose family oligosaccharides in plants: protection against abiotic stress

(2013) A. I. ElSayed et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Water Uptake along the Length of Grapevine Fine Roots: Developmental Anatomy, Tissue-Specific Aquaporin Expression, and Pathways of Water Transport

(2013) G. A. Gambetta et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Increased root oxygen uptake in pea plants responding to non-self neighbors

(2013) Ina Christin Meier et al.   PLANTA

Myosin XIK of Arabidopsis thaliana Accumulates at the Root Hair Tip and Is Required for Fast Root Hair Growth

(2013) Eunsook Park et al.   PLoS One

Temperature modulates intra-plant growth of Salix polaris from a high Arctic site (Svalbard)

(2013) Agata Buchwal et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

On the persistence of Cenococcum geophilum ectomycorrhizas and its implications for forest carbon and nutrient cycles

(2013) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Acclimation and soil moisture constrain sugar maple root respiration in experimentally warmed soil

(2013) M. P. Jarvi et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

Relationships between root respiration rate and root morphology, chemistry and anatomy in Larix gmelinii and Fraxinus mandshurica

(2013) S. Jia et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Decomposition trajectories of diverse litter types: a model selection analysis

(2013) William K. Cornwell et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

An improved agar-plate method for studying root growth and response of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Weifeng Xu et al.   Scientific Reports

Unleashing the potential of the root hair cell as a single plant cell type model in root systems biology

(2013) Zhenzhen Qiao et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A statistical approach to root system classification

(2013) Gernot Bodner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Getting to the roots of it: Genetic and hormonal control of root architecture

(2013) Janelle K. H. Jung et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Descendant root volume varies as a function of root type: estimation of root biomass lost during uprooting in Pinus pinaster

(2013) Frédéric Danjon et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Morphological plasticity of ectomycorrhizal short roots in Betula sp and Picea abies forests across climate and forest succession gradients: its role in changing environments

(2013) Ivika Ostonen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant roots and spectroscopic methods – analyzing species, biomass and vitality

(2013) Boris Rewald et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

How to study deep roots—and why it matters

(2013) Jean-Luc Maeght et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Integration of root phenes for soil resource acquisition

(2013) Larry M. York et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Dynamics of soil exploration by fine roots down to a depth of 10 m throughout the entire rotation in Eucalyptus grandis plantations

(2013) Jean-Paul Laclau et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root traits contributing to plant productivity under drought

(2013) Louise H. Comas et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Allometric equations for estimating biomass in agricultural landscapes: II. Belowground biomass

(2012) Shem Kuyah et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Avoiding transport bottlenecks in an expanding root system: Xylem vessel development in fibrous and pioneer roots under field conditions

(2012) Agnieszka Bagniewska-Zadworna et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

What are the implications of variation in root hair length on tolerance to phosphorus deficiency in combination with water stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare)?

(2012) L.K. Brown et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Soil strength and macropore volume limit root elongation rates in many UK agricultural soils

(2012) Tracy A. Valentine et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A conceptual model of root hair ideotypes for future agricultural environments: what combination of traits should be targeted to cope with limited P availability?

(2012) L. K. Brown et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Complementarity in root architecture for nutrient uptake in ancient maize/bean and maize/bean/squash polycultures

(2012) Johannes A. Postma et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Tree species effects on coupled cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and acidity in mineral soils at a common garden experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

GiA Roots: software for the high throughput analysis of plant root system architecture

(2012) Taras Galkovskyi et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span

(2012) Han Y. H. Chen et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

A rediscovered treasure: mycorrhizal intensity database for 3000 vascular plant species across the former Soviet Union

(2012) Asem A. Akhmetzhanova et al.   ECOLOGY

Regional constraints to biological nitrogen fixation in post-fire forest communities

(2012) Stephanie Yelenik et al.   ECOLOGY

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2012) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Genetic control of nodal root angle in sorghum and its implications on water extraction

(2012) Vijaya Singh et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Fungal communities influence root exudation rates in pine seedlings

(2012) Ina C. Meier et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Maize root growth angles become steeper under low N conditions

(2012) S. Trachsel et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Below-ground plant species richness: new insights from DNA-based methods

(2012) Meelis Pärtel et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pot size matters: a meta-analysis of the effects of rooting volume on plant growth

(2012) Hendrik Poorter et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

The art of growing plants for experimental purposes: a practical guide for the plant biologist

(2012) Hendrik Poorter et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

GROWSCREEN-Rhizo is a novel phenotyping robot enabling simultaneous measurements of root and shoot growth for plants grown in soil-filled rhizotrons

(2012) Kerstin A. Nagel et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Global nutrient limitation in terrestrial vegetation

(2012) Joshua B. Fisher et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Fine root dynamics along an elevational gradient in tropical Amazonian and Andean forests

(2012) C. A. J. Girardin et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

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

Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops

(2012) A. P. Wasson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Transport of sucrose, not hexose, in the phloem

(2012) David D. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Effects of excising and washing treatments on the root respiration rates of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) seedlings

(2012) Naoki Makita et al.   Journal of Forest Research

Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota

(2012) Davide Bulgarelli et al.   NATURE

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

Aluminium tolerance of root hairs underlies genotypic differences in rhizosheath size of wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown on acid soil

(2012) Emmanuel Delhaize et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The below-ground perspective of forest plants: soil provides mainly organic nitrogen for plants and mycorrhizal fungi

(2012) Erich Inselsbacher et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An imaging method for oxygen distribution, respiration and photosynthesis at a microscopic level of resolution

(2012) Henning Tschiersch et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

No globally consistent effect of ectomycorrhizal status on foliar traits

(2012) Nina Koele et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

Ecosystem legacy of the introduced N2-fixing tree Robinia pseudoacacia in a coastal forest

(2012) Betsy Von Holle et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root niche partitioning among grasses, saplings, and trees measured using a tracer technique

(2012) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Plant Ontology as a Tool for Comparative Plant Anatomy and Genomic Analyses

(2012) Laurel Cooper et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Root elongation is restricted by axial but not by radial pressures: so what happens in field soil?

(2012) A. Glyn Bengough   PLANT AND SOIL

Grassland root demography responses to multiple climate change drivers depend on root morphology

(2012) R. Pilon et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root taxa identification in plant mixtures – current techniques and future challenges

(2012) Boris Rewald et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Modelling root demography in heterogeneous mountain forests and applications for slope stability analysis

(2012) Zhun Mao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fine-root turnover rates of European forests revisited: an analysis of data from sequential coring and ingrowth cores

(2012) I. Brunner et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Further evidence for slow decomposition of very fine roots using two methods: litterbags and intact cores

(2012) Tao Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Slow decomposition and limited nitrogen release by lower order roots in eight Chinese temperate and subtropical trees

(2012) Yanmei Xiong et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Metabolic engineering of sugars and simple sugar derivatives in plants

(2012) John W. Patrick et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Quantitative Analysis of Lateral Root Development: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

(2012) J. G. Dubrovsky et al.   PLANT CELL

Rhizospheric NO affects N uptake and metabolism in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings depending on soil N availability and N source

(2012) JUDY SIMON et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Contrasting bud bank dynamics of two co-occurring grasses in tallgrass prairie: implications for grassland dynamics

(2012) Jacqueline P. Ott et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Indirect Methods Produce Higher Estimates of Fine Root Production and Turnover Rates than Direct Methods

(2012) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   PLoS One

Carbon availability triggers fungal nitrogen uptake and transport in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2012) C. R. Fellbaum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A global analysis of fine root production as affected by soil nitrogen and phosphorus

(2012) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Interannual Variation in Root Production in Grasslands Affected by Artificially Modified Amount of Rainfall

(2012) Karel Fiala et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Intra-annual nutrient flux in Pinus taeda

(2012) T. J. Albaugh et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Patterns of root respiration rates and morphological traits in 13 tree species in a tropical forest

(2012) N. Makita et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Ecoinformatics: supporting ecology as a data-intensive science

(2012) William K. Michener et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Links Between Root Length Density Profiles and Models of the Root System Architecture

(2012) Loïc Pagès et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Modeling Phosphorus Uptake by a Growing and Exuding Root System

(2012) A. Schnepf et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Altitudinal changes in the growth and allometry of Rumex alpinus

(2012) Petra Šťastná et al.   Alpine Botany

Resource limitation, tolerance, and the future of ecological plant classification

(2012) Joseph M. Craine et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Pitfalls and Possibilities in the Analysis of Biomass Allocation Patterns in Plants

(2012) Hendrik Poorter et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Resource Heterogeneity, Soil Fertility, and Species Diversity: Effects of Clonal Species on Plant Communities

(2011) J. Alexander Eilts et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

High-Throughput Droplet Digital PCR System for Absolute Quantitation of DNA Copy Number

(2011) Benjamin J. Hindson et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Is the simple auger coring method reliable for below-ground standing biomass estimation in Eucalyptus forest plantations?

(2011) Joseph Levillain et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Development and persistence of sandsheaths of Lyginia barbata (Restionaceae): relation to root structural development and longevity

(2011) Michael W. Shane et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

(2011) Marine Birouste 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

Litter decay rates are determined by lignin chemistry

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

A Developmental Genetic Basis for Defining Root Classes

(2011) Richard W. Zobel   CROP SCIENCE

Engineering ecological protection against landslides in diverse mountain forests: Choosing cohesion models

(2011) Zhun Mao et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

The role of chitin in the decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal litter

(2011) Christopher W. Fernandez et al.   ECOLOGY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Conservation of ectomycorrhizal fungi: exploring the linkages between functional and taxonomic responses to anthropogenic N deposition

(2011) E.A. Lilleskov et al.   Fungal Ecology

Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient

(2011) Ivika Ostonen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hyphal morphology modification in thermal adaptation by the white-rot fungusFomessp. EUM1

(2011) Armando Ordaz et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

An analytical fiber bundle model for pullout mechanics of root bundles

(2011) D. Cohen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Plant species richness belowground: higher richness and new patterns revealed by next-generation sequencing

(2011) INGA HIIESALU et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect the allometric partition of host plant biomass to shoots and roots? A meta-analysis of studies from 1990 to 2010

(2011) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Climate change and evolutionary adaptation

(2011) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   NATURE

Changes in the structural composition and reactivity of Acer rubrum leaf litter tannins exposed to warming and altered precipitation: climatic stress-induced tannins are more reactive

(2011) Nishanth Tharayil et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Contrasting the morphology, anatomy and fungal colonization of new pioneer and fibrous roots

(2011) Marcin Zadworny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Can ectomycorrhizal colonization ofPinus resinosaroots affect their decomposition?

(2011) Roger T. Koide et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A meta-analysis of plant responses to dark septate root endophytes

(2011) K. K. Newsham   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary and organismic constraints on the relationship between spacer length and environmental conditions in clonal plants

(2011) Jitka Klimešová et al.   OIKOS

The allocation of ecosystem net primary productivity in tropical forests

(2011) Y. Malhi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands

(2011) C. M. Iversen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Functional relationships between morphology and respiration of fine roots in two Chinese temperate tree species

(2011) Tao Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of contrasting soil fertility on root mass, root growth, root decomposition and soil carbon under a New Zealand perennial ryegrass/white clover pasture

(2011) Michael B. Dodd et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Belowground DNA-based techniques: untangling the network of plant root interactions

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil penetration resistance, a suitable soil property to account for variations in root elongation and branching

(2011) Carole Bécel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Constraints of root response to waterlogging in Alisma triviale

(2011) Peter Ryser et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of species, root branching order and season on the root traits of 13 perennial grass species

(2011) Catherine Picon-Cochard et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Lignin content and chemical characteristics in maize and wheat vary between plant organs and growth stages: consequences for assessing lignin dynamics in soil

(2011) Samuel Abiven et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The Folylpolyglutamate Synthetase Plastidial Isoform Is Required for Postembryonic Root Development in Arabidopsis

(2011) A. C. Srivastava et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Three-Dimensional Root Phenotyping with a Novel Imaging and Software Platform

(2011) R. T. Clark et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Novel Image-Analysis Toolbox Enabling Quantitative Analysis of Root System Architecture

(2011) Guillaume Lobet et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Root Phenes for Enhanced Soil Exploration and Phosphorus Acquisition: Tools for Future Crops

(2011) J. P. Lynch   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Effect of Population Heterogenization on the Reproducibility of Mouse Behavior: A Multi-Laboratory Study

(2011) S. Helene Richter et al.   PLoS One

The Roots of Diversity: Below Ground Species Richness and Rooting Distributions in a Tropical Forest Revealed by DNA Barcodes and Inverse Modeling

(2011) F. Andrew Jones et al.   PLoS One

Challenges and Opportunities of Open Data in Ecology

(2011) O. J. Reichman et al.   SCIENCE

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and soil nitrogen cycling

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

Relating coarse root respiration to root diameter in clonal Eucalyptus stands in the Republic of the Congo

(2011) C. Marsden et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Global-scale latitudinal patterns of plant fine-root nitrogen and phosphorus

(2011) Z.Y. Yuan et al.   Nature Communications

Fine root traits in adult trees of evergreen and deciduous taxa from low and high elevation in the Alps

(2011) Pilar Alvarez-Uria et al.   Alpine Botany

Measuring wood specific gravity…Correctly

(2010) G. Bruce Williamson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Linking carbon supply to root cell-wall chemistry and mechanics at high altitudes in Abies georgei

(2010) Marie Genet et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Identifying roots of northern hardwood species: patterns with diameter and depth

(2010) Ruth D. Yanai et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: linking belowground dynamics to fine-root function and structure

(2010) Marc Goebel et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Optimal partitioning theory revisited: Nonstructural carbohydrates dominate root mass responses to nitrogen

(2010) Richard K. Kobe et al.   ECOLOGY

Niche complementarity due to plasticity in resource use: plant partitioning of chemical N forms

(2010) Isabel W. Ashton et al.   ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of context-dependency in plant response to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Jason D. Hoeksema et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

(2010) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil Fungi Respond More Strongly than Fine Roots to Elevated CO2 in a Model Regenerating Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystem

(2010) M. Luke McCormack et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Clonal Growth Forms in Eastern Ladakh, Western Himalayas: Classification and Habitat Preferences

(2010) Jitka Klimešová et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Remnant Populations and Plant Functional Traits in Abandoned Semi-Natural Grasslands

(2010) Veronika A. Johansson et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Partitioning of assimilates to deeper roots is associated with cooler canopies and increased yield under drought in wheat

(2010) Marta S. Lopes et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

REVIEW: Time lag between photosynthesis and carbon dioxide efflux from soil: a review of mechanisms and controls

(2010) YAKOV KUZYAKOV et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Unveiling below-ground species abundance in a biodiversity experiment: a test of vertical niche differentiation among grassland species

(2010) Liesje Mommer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits

(2010) A. Glyn Bengough et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Soil base saturation affects root growth of European beech seedlings§

(2010) Anika K. Richter et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Photoassimilate allocation and dynamics of hotspots in roots visualized by 14C phosphor imaging

(2010) Johanna Pausch et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Phosphorus-deficiency reduces aluminium toxicity by altering uptake and metabolism of root zone carbon dioxide

(2010) Caroline L. Ward et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Plants Respond to Pathogen Infection by Enhancing the Antifungal Gene Expression of Root-Associated Bacteria

(2010) Alexandre Jousset et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Plant Phenolics: Extraction, Analysis and Their Antioxidant and Anticancer Properties

(2010) Jin Dai et al.   MOLECULES

Vertical distribution of fungal communities in tallgrass prairie soil

(2010) Ari Jumpponen et al.   MYCOLOGIA

THE ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FRUCTAN IN A CONTEMPORARY FLORA

(2010) GEORGE HENDRY   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

AN ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF PLANT ROOT SYSTEMS

(2010) A. H. FITTER   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf hydraulic vulnerability is related to conduit dimensions and drought resistance across a diverse range of woody angiosperms

(2010) Christopher J. Blackman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A depth-controlled tracer technique measures vertical, horizontal and temporal patterns of water use by trees and grasses in a subtropical savanna

(2010) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems

(2010) Guofang Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

(2010) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Belowground carbon allocation by trees drives seasonal patterns of extracellular enzyme activities by altering microbial community composition in a beech forest soil

(2010) Christina Kaiser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits?

(2010) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Forces that structure plant communities: quantifying the importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis

(2010) John Klironomos et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ephemeral root modules in Fraxinus mandshurica

(2010) Mengxue Xia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Facultative nitrogen fixation by canopy legumes in a lowland tropical forest

(2010) Alexander R. Barron et al.   OECOLOGIA

Slow decomposition of lower order roots: a key mechanism of root carbon and nutrient retention in the soil

(2010) Pingping Fan et al.   OECOLOGIA

Increased N affects P uptake of eight grassland species: the role of root surface phosphatase activity

(2010) Yuki Fujita et al.   OIKOS

Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict species composition in tree fine-root mixtures

(2010) Pifeng Lei et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Seasonal patterns of belowground biomass and productivity in mountain grasslands in the Pyrenees

(2010) Jordi Garcia-Pausas et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Linking root morphology, longevity and function to root branch order: a case study in three shrubs

(2010) Gang Huang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Shovelomics: high throughput phenotyping of maize (Zea mays L.) root architecture in the field

(2010) Samuel Trachsel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root morphology, root-hair development and rhizosheath formation on perennial grass seedlings is influenced by soil acidity

(2010) Rebecca E. Haling et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A dynamic root system growth model based on L-Systems

(2010) Daniel Leitner et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Above and belowground net primary productivity of grassland influenced by supplemental water and nitrogen in Inner Mongolia

(2010) Jiangzhou Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of abandonment and plant classification on carbohydrate reserves of meadow plants

(2010) Š. Janeček et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

New branch roots produced by vascular cambium derivatives in woody parental roots ofPopulus nigraL.

(2010) D. Chiatante et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

A plant root system architectural taxonomy: A framework for root nomenclature

(2010) R. W. Zobel et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

A root is a root is a root? Water uptake rates of Citrus root orders

(2010) BORIS REWALD et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Probing the Reproducibility of Leaf Growth and Molecular Phenotypes: A Comparison of Three Arabidopsis Accessions Cultivated in Ten Laboratories

(2010) C. Massonnet et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

(2010) R. J. Norby 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

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The role of ectomycorrhizal communities in forest ecosystem processes: New perspectives and emerging concepts

(2010) Pierre-Emmanuel Courty et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Global climate change and tree nutrition: influence of water availability

(2010) J. Kreuzwieser et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Integrating phenotype ontologies across multiple species

(2010) Christopher J Mungall et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Constraints on leaf structural traits in wetland plants

(2009) C. Vernescu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Silicon: its manifold roles in plants

(2009) E. Epstein   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Influence of Environmental Variability on Root Dynamics in Northern Forests

(2009) Brian W. Brassard et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Planting density influence on fibrous root reinforcement of soils

(2009) K.W. Loades et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Belowground nitrogen partitioning in experimental grassland plant communities of varying species richness

(2009) Stefanie von Felten et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen fixation in different biogeochemical niches along a 120 000-year chronosequence in New Zealand

(2009) Duncan N. L. Menge et al.   ECOLOGY

Increased belowground biomass and soil CO2fluxes after a decade of carbon dioxide enrichment in a warm-temperate forest

(2009) Robert B. Jackson et al.   ECOLOGY

Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs

(2009) Holger Bessler et al.   ECOLOGY

New nitrogen uptake strategy: specialized snow roots

(2009) Vladimir G. Onipchenko et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Estimating Root Production: Comparison of 11 Methods in Shortgrass Steppe and Review of Biases

(2009) Daniel G. Milchunas   ECOSYSTEMS

Plant traits, leaf palatability and litter decomposability for co-occurring woody species differing in invasion status and nitrogen fixation ability

(2009) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Estimating nitrogen uptake of individual roots in container- and field-grown plants using a15N-depletion approach

(2009) Astrid Volder et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

N concentration controls decomposition rates of different strains of ectomycorrhizal fungi

(2009) Roger T. Koide et al.   Fungal Ecology

Asynchronicity in root and shoot phenology in grasses and woody plants

(2009) DIEGO F. STEINAKER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: implications for ecosystem C cycling

(2009) WENMING BAI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Patterns of nocturnal rehydration in root tissues of Vaccinium corymbosum L. under severe drought conditions

(2009) Luis R. Valenzuela-Estrada et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The gene regulatory network for root epidermal cell-type pattern formation in Arabidopsis

(2009) J. Schiefelbein et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Topographic and ecologic controls on root reinforcement

(2009) T. C. Hales et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

CLO-PLA: the database of clonal and bud bank traits of Central European flora

(2009) Jitka Klimešová et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Two independent estimations of stand-level root respiration on clonalEucalyptusstands in Congo: up scaling of direct measurements on roots versus the trenched-plot technique

(2009) Claire Marsden et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evidence of old carbon used to grow new fine roots in a tropical forest

(2009) Rodrigo Vargas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

DNA-based species level detection ofGlomeromycota: one PCR primer set for all arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2009) Manuela Krüger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Linking plant morphological traits to uprooting resistance in eroded marly lands (Southern Alps, France)

(2009) M. Burylo et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Estimating root elongation rates from morphological measurements of the root tip

(2009) Loïc Pagès et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Strategies and methods for studying the rhizosphere—the plant science toolbox

(2009) Günter Neumann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant root growth, architecture and function

(2009) Angela Hodge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Mycorrhizal associations and other means of nutrition of vascular plants: understanding the global diversity of host plants by resolving conflicting information and developing reliable means of diagnosis

(2009) Mark C. Brundrett   PLANT AND SOIL

Carbon flow in the rhizosphere: carbon trading at the soil–root interface

(2009) D. L. Jones et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Desirable plant root traits for protecting natural and engineered slopes against landslides

(2009) Alexia Stokes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Picking battles wisely: plant behaviour under competition

(2009) ARIEL NOVOPLANSKY   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

A comparison of linear and exponential regression for estimating diffusive CH4 fluxes by closed-chambers in peatlands

(2009) Inke Forbrich et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Uptake of inorganic and amino acid nitrogen from soil by Eucalyptus regnans and Eucalyptus pauciflora seedlings

(2009) C. R. Warren   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Fine root morphological traits determine variation in root respiration of Quercus serrata

(2009) N. Makita et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Soil respiration fluxes in a temperate mixed forest: seasonality and temperature sensitivities differ among microbial and root-rhizosphere respiration

(2009) N. K. Ruehr et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Fiber bundle model for multiscale modeling of hydromechanical triggering of shallow landslides

(2009) D. Cohen et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Root anatomy, morphology, and longevity among root orders in Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae)

(2008) Luis R. Valenzuela-Estrada et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Measuring and interpreting respiratory critical oxygen pressures in roots

(2008) William Armstrong et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Stoichiometry and Nutrition of Plant Growth in Natural Communities

(2008) Göran I. Ågren   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Nitrogen limitation in a sweetgum plantation: implications for carbon allocation and storage

(2008) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

THE MUTUALISM–PARASITISM CONTINUUM IN ECTOMYCORRHIZAS: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT USING META-ANALYSIS

(2008) Justine Karst et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root-derived respiration and non-structural carbon of rice seedlings

(2008) Xingliang Xu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

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

New approach for capturing soluble root exudates in forest soils

(2008) Richard P. Phillips et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Evidence from near-isogenic lines that root penetration increases with root diameter and bending stiffness in rice

(2008) Lawrence John Clark et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Quantifying root-reinforcement of river bank soils by four Australian tree species

(2008) B.B. Docker et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Effects of throughfall manipulation on soil nutrient status: results of 12 years of sustained wet and dry treatments

(2008) D. W. JOHNSON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mycorrhizal and rhizomorph dynamics in a loblolly pine forest during 5 years of free-air-CO2-enrichment

(2008) S. G. PRITCHARD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison

(2008) MARK E. HARMON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Isolation of soil lignins by combination of ball-milling and cellulolysis: Evaluation of purity and isolation efficiency with pyrolysis/GC/MS

(2008) Marie-France Dignac et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Phenology of fine roots and leaves in forest and grassland

(2008) Diego F. Steinaker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Resource partitioning for soil phosphorus: a hypothesis

(2008) Benjamin L. Turner   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Endogenous and exogenous controls of root life span, mortality and nitrogen flux in a longleaf pine forest: root branch order predominates

(2008) Dali Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Determination of leaf fresh mass after storage between moist paper towels: constraints and reliability of the method

(2008) P. Ryser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Unravelling below-ground plant distributions: a real-time polymerase chain reaction method for quantifying species proportions in mixed root samples

(2008) L. MOMMER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Temperature dependence of respiration in roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2008) Owen K. Atkin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

CO2enrichment increases carbon and nitrogen input from fine roots in a deciduous forest

(2008) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Can hypodermal passage cell distribution limit root penetration by mycorrhizal fungi?

(2008) J. N. Sharda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

The importance of reducing the systematic error due to non-linearity in N2O flux measurements by static chambers

(2008) P. S. Kroon et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict the percentage of dead versus living grass roots

(2008) Catherine Picon-Cochard et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Spatial distribution of fine-roots in boreal forests in eastern Sweden

(2008) Hans Å. Persson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Rooting depth and water use efficiency of tropical maize inbred lines, differing in drought tolerance

(2008) Andreas Hund et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Disentangling the impact of AM fungi versus roots on soil structure and water transport

(2008) Paul D. Hallett et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Belowground net primary productivity and biomass allocation of a grassland in Inner Mongolia is affected by grazing intensity

(2008) Ying Zhi Gao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root tensile strength and root distribution of typical Mediterranean plant species and their contribution to soil shear strength

(2008) S. De Baets et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root decisions

(2008) ANGELA HODGE   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Irreconcilable Differences: Fine-Root Life Spans and Soil Carbon Persistence

(2008) A. E. Strand et al.   SCIENCE

The Global Stoichiometry of Litter Nitrogen Mineralization

(2008) S. Manzoni et al.   SCIENCE

Plant nutrient-acquisition strategies change with soil age

(2008) H LAMBERS et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Water Uptake and Hydraulics of the Root Hair Rhizosphere

(2008) Eran Segal et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Hardware and software efficacy in assessment of fine root diameter distributions

(2007) Richard W. Zobel   COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE