Above- and below-ground plant traits are not consistent in response to drought and competition treatments

Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics

(2022) Matiss Castorena et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2021) Alexandra Weigelt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Competition × drought interactions change phenotypic plasticity and the direction of selection on Arabidopsis traits

(2020) Claire M. Lorts et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stronger intra-specific competition aggravates negative effects of drought on the growth of Cunninghamia lanceolata

(2020) Qingxue Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Root herbivory controls the effects of water availability on the partitioning between above and belowground grass biomass

(2020) André L.C. Franco et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Root trait responses to drought are more heterogeneous than leaf trait responses

(2020) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Aridity drives coordinated trait shifts but not decreased trait variance across the geographic range of eight Australian trees

(2020) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Species responses to changing precipitation depend on trait plasticity rather than trait means and intraspecific variation

(2020) Bingwei Zhang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Variance in biomass-allocation fractions is explained by distribution in European trees

(2019) Stavros D Veresoglou et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The response of root traits to precipitation change of herbaceous species in temperate steppes

(2019) Meng Zhou et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant traits and species interactions along gradients of N, P and K availabilities

(2019) Vanessa Minden et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

(2019) Deliang Kong et al.   Nature Communications

Intraspecific trait variation and the leaf economics spectrum across resource gradients and levels of organization

(2018) Alex Fajardo et al.   ECOLOGY

Root traits across environmental gradients in Mediterranean woody communities: are they aligned along the root economics spectrum?

(2017) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2016) N. P�rez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Interactive effects of competition and water availability on above- and below-ground growth and functional traits of European beech at juvenile level

(2016) Alexandre Fruleux et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Seedling root responses to soil moisture and the identification of a belowground trait spectrum across three growth forms

(2016) Julie E. Larson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plasticity in plant functional traits is shaped by variability in neighbourhood species composition

(2016) Maria Abakumova et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

LeafArea: an R package for rapid digital image analysis of leaf area

(2015) Masatoshi Katabuchi   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

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

A plant economics spectrum in Mediterranean forests along environmental gradients: is there coordination among leaf, stem and root traits?

(2015) Enrique G. de la Riva et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and water and nutrient supply differently impact seedling performance of dry woodland species with different acquisition strategies

(2015) Emiru Birhane et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

How tree roots respond to drought

(2015) Ivano Brunner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Contrasting above- and belowground sensitivity of three Great Plains grasslands to altered rainfall regimes

(2014) Kevin R. Wilcox et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Competition for Water and Light in Closed-Canopy Forests: A Tractable Model of Carbon Allocation with Implications for Carbon Sinks

(2013) Caroline E. Farrior et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Fine root morphological and functional traits in Fagus sylvatica and Fraxinus excelsior saplings as dependent on species, root order and competition

(2013) Friderike Beyer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root traits contributing to plant productivity under drought

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

Soil Changes Induced by Rubber and Tea Plantation Establishment: Comparison with Tropical Rain Forest Soil in Xishuangbanna, SW China

(2012) Hongmei Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Biomass partitioning and root morphology of savanna trees across a water gradient

(2012) Kyle W. Tomlinson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant community responses to nitrogen addition and increased precipitation: the importance of water availability and species traits

(2011) HAIJUN YANG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species’ drought and shade tolerance

(2011) Lars Markesteijn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Independent Evolution of Leaf and Root Traits within and among Temperate Grassland Plant Communities

(2011) Steven W. Kembel et al.   PLoS One

Assessing foliar chlorophyll contents with the SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter: a calibration test with thirteen tree species of tropical rainforest in French Guiana

(2010) Sabrina Coste et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

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

Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance

(2009) Lars Markesteijn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

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

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

Relationship between specific leaf area, leaf thickness, leaf water content and SPAD-502 readings in six Amazonian tree species

(2009) R.A. Marenco et al.   PHOTOSYNTHETICA

Picking battles wisely: plant behaviour under competition

(2009) ARIEL NOVOPLANSKY   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Leaf size and leaf display of thirty-eight tropical tree species

(2008) Lourens Poorter et al.   OECOLOGIA

Sapling survival in a frequently burnt savanna: mobilisation of carbon reserves in Acacia karroo

(2008) B. J. Wigley et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The effects of clipping and soil moisture on leaf and root morphology and root respiration in two temperate and two tropical grasses

(2008) Michele A. Thorne et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Effects of competition on root–shoot allocation in Plantago lanceolata L.: adaptive plasticity or ontogenetic drift?

(2008) Frank Berendse et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY