Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level

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

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) Liesje Mommer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Combined effects of climate, resource availability, and plant traits on biomass produced in a Mediterranean rangeland

(2014) Simon Chollet 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

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment

(2014) Stuart W. Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits

(2014) Yan Geng et al.   OECOLOGIA

Factors controlling decomposition rates of fine root litter in temperate forests and grasslands

(2014) Emily F. Solly et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

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

Microbial communities may modify how litter quality affects potential decomposition rates as tree species migrate

(2013) Ashley D. Keiser et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Large-scale sequestration of atmospheric carbon via plant roots in natural and agricultural ecosystems: why and how

(2012) D. B. Kell   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Linking litter production, quality and decomposition to vegetation succession following agricultural abandonment

(2012) Kerong Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

Prediction of in situ root decomposition rates in an interspecific context from chemical and morphological traits

(2011) Maurice Aulen 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

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL 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

Very fine roots respond to soil depth: biomass allocation, morphology, and physiology in a broad-leaved temperate forest

(2010) Naoki Makita et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

(2010) Maartje Anne Bakker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Tissue architecture and soil fertility controls on decomposer communities and decomposition of roots

(2009) Jane Lindedam et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Controls on long-term root and leaf litter decomposition in neotropical forests

(2008) DANIELA F. CUSACK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology