Weak phylogenetic and habitat effects on root trait variation of 218 Neotropical tree species

A framework for fine‐root trait syndromes: syndrome coexistence may support phosphorus partitioning in tropical forests

(2022) Caroline Dallstream et al.   OIKOS

Root trait variation along a sub‐arctic tundra elevational gradient

(2022) Clydecia M. Spitzer et al.   OIKOS

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

(2022) Monique Weemstra et al.   OIKOS

Elevational trends of tree fine root traits in species‐rich tropical Andean forests

(2022) Kerstin Pierick et al.   OIKOS

Biogeographic history and habitat specialization shape floristic and phylogenetic composition across Amazonian forests

(2021) Christopher Baraloto et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2021) Monique Weemstra et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Coordination between compound‐specific chemistry and morphology in plant roots aligns with ancestral mycorrhizal association in woody angiosperms

(2021) Mengxue Xia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2021) Alexandra Weigelt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs

(2021) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

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

(2021) Carlos P. Carmona et al.   NATURE

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 proportion of soil-borne pathogens increases with warming at the global scale

(2020) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   Nature Climate Change

Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora

(2020) Hans ter Steege et al.   Scientific Reports

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

(2020) Joana Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient

(2020) Monique Weemstra et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Rapid responses of root traits and productivity to phosphorus and cation additions in a tropical lowland forest in Amazonia

(2020) Laynara F. Lugli et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

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

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

The effect of environmental filtering on variation in functional diversity along a tropical elevational gradient

(2019) Yi Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

History and Geography of Neotropical Tree Diversity

(2019) Christopher W. Dick et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

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

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Dry and hot: the hydraulic consequences of a climate change–type drought for Amazonian trees

(2018) Clarissa G. Fontes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

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

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

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

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2016) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

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

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

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

Complementarity in nutrient foraging strategies of absorptive fine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across 14 coexisting subtropical tree species

(2015) Bitao Liu 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

Do ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate tree species systematically differ in root order-related fine root morphology and biomass?

(2015) Petra Kubisch et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Pervasive Local-Scale Tree-Soil Habitat Association in a Tropical Forest Community

(2015) Elodie Allié et al.   PLoS One

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

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

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

(2014) J. Gu et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Oligarchies in Amazonian tree communities: a ten-year review

(2013) Nigel C. A. Pitman et al.   ECOGRAPHY

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

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

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

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

Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling

(2013) Brian W. Brassard et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Environmental factors predict community functional composition in Amazonian forests

(2013) Claire Fortunel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

(2013) H. ter Steege et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Plasticity in above- and belowground resource acquisition traits in response to single and multiple environmental factors in three tree species

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

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

Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities

(2012) Christopher Baraloto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

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

(2012) N. Makita et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2011) Jiacun Gu et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Disentangling stand and environmental correlates of aboveground biomass in Amazonian forests

(2011) CHRISTOPHER BARALOTO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

(2011) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

(2011) A. Corrêa et al.   OIKOS

Phylogenetic community structure and phylogenetic turnover across space and edaphic gradients in western Amazonian tree communities

(2010) Paul V. A. Fine et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest

(2010) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

AN ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF PLANT ROOT SYSTEMS

(2010) A. H. FITTER   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution

(2008) Thomas A. Kursar et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A unifying framework for dinitrogen fixation in the terrestrial biosphere

(2008) Benjamin Z. Houlton et al.   NATURE

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