Incorporating belowground traits: avenues towards a whole‐tree perspective on performance

Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe

(2022) Mark A. Anthony et al.   ISME Journal

Environmental variation drives the decoupling of leaf and root traits within species along an elevation gradient

(2022) M Weemstra et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The Ecology Underground coalition: building a collaborative future of belowground ecology and ecologists

(2021) Camille E. Defrenne et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal associations change root functionality: a 3D modelling study on competitive interactions between plants for light and nutrients

(2021) Jorad de Vries et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

All Traits Are Functional: An Evolutionary Viewpoint

(2021) Mar Sobral   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

(2021) Monique Weemstra et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ectomycorrhizas and tipping points in forest ecosystems

(2021) Laura M. Suz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective

(2021) Alexandra Weigelt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function

(2021) Carlos P. Carmona et al.   NATURE

Plant herbivore protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?

(2021) Adam Frew et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2021) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2020) Monique Weemstra et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

On the modeling of tropical tree growth: the importance of intra-specific trait variation, non-linear functions and phenotypic integration

(2020) Jie Yang et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations

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

Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest

(2020) Lijuan Sun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

(2020) Joana Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Global root traits (GRooT) database

(2020) Nathaly R. Guerrero‐Ramírez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Limiting similarity shapes the functional and phylogenetic structure of root neighborhoods in a subtropical forest

(2020) Wenqi Luo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

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

Tree seedling trait optimization and growth in response to local‐scale soil and light variability

(2020) María Natalia Umaña et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Global plant–symbiont organization and emergence of biogeochemical cycles resolved by evolution-based trait modelling

(2019) Mingzhen Lu et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Direct evidence for modulation of photosynthesis by an arbuscular mycorrhiza‐induced carbon sink strength

(2019) Mayra E Gavito et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal types differ in ecophysiology and alter plant nutrition and soil processes

(2019) Leho Tedersoo et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Does plant biomass partitioning reflect energetic investments in carbon and nutrient foraging?

(2019) Deliang Kong et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi

(2019) Amy E. Zanne et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Physical and Functional Constraints on Viable Belowground Acquisition Strategies

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

Quantifying the role of intra-specific trait variation for allocation and organ-level traits in tropical seedling communities

(2018) María Natalia Umaña et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Why Functional Traits Do Not Predict Tree Demographic Rates

(2018) Jie Yang et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Community-level economics spectrum of fine-roots driven by nutrient limitations in subalpine forests

(2018) Fanglan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

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

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

(2017) Colleen M. Iversen 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

Root Branching Is a Leading Root Trait of the Plant Economics Spectrum in Temperate Trees

(2017) Rebecca Liese et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Linking individual-level functional traits to tree growth in a subtropical forest

(2016) Xiaojuan Liu et al.   ECOLOGY

Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum

(2016) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2016) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes 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

Belowground carbon trade among tall trees in a temperate forest

(2016) T. Klein et al.   SCIENCE

Plant-fungus competition for nitrogen erases mycorrhizal growth benefits ofAndropogon gerardiiunder limited nitrogen supply

(2016) David Püschel et al.   Ecology and Evolution

MycoDB, a global database of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi

(2016) V. Bala Chaudhary et al.   Scientific Data

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Mycorrhizal type determines the magnitude and direction of root-induced changes in decomposition in a temperate forest

(2015) Edward R. Brzostek 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

Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes

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

Branching out: Towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology

(2015) Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

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

Forests trapped in nitrogen limitation - an ecological market perspective on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis

(2014) Oskar Franklin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants

(2014) Yuan Yuan Song et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

(2013) Zdenka Babikova et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Are ectomycorrhizal fungi alleviating or aggravating nitrogen limitation of tree growth in boreal forests?

(2013) Torgny Näsholm et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A trait-based framework to understand life history of mycorrhizal fungi

(2013) Pierre-Luc Chagnon et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Interspecific coordination and intraspecific plasticity of fine root traits in North American temperate tree species

(2013) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus converts organic matter in plant litter using a trimmed brown-rot mechanism involving Fenton chemistry

(2012) Francois Rineau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species

(2012) Claire Fortunel et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Dramatic changes in ectomycorrhizal community composition, root tip abundance and mycelial production along a stand-scale nitrogen deposition gradient

(2012) Rasmus Kjøller et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

Insights into root growth, function, and mycorrhizal abundance from chemical and isotopic data across root orders

(2012) Andrew Ouimette et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Mycorrhizal networks: Mechanisms, ecology and modelling

(2012) Suzanne W. Simard et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

C allocation to the fungus is not a cost to the plant in ectomycorrhizae

(2011) A. Corrêa et al.   OIKOS

Genotypic variation and phenotypic plasticity in the drought response of fine roots of European beech

(2011) I. C. Meier et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

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

Does a fungal species drive ectomycorrhizal root traits in Alnus spp.?

(2009) Ivika Ostonen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Support from the underground: Induced plant resistance depends on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2009) Anne Kempel et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Are the rates of photosynthesis stimulated by the carbon sink strength of rhizobial and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses?

(2009) Glaciela Kaschuk et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated withPinus sylvestrisseedlings respond differently to increased carbon and nitrogen availability: implications for ecosystem responses to global change

(2008) ODAIR ALBERTON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Response of plants to ectomycorrhizae in N-limited conditions: which factors determine its variation?

(2008) A. Corrêa et al.   MYCORRHIZA