Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

Understanding deep roots and their functions in ecosystems: an advocacy for more unconventional research

(2016) Alain Pierret et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

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

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

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Detection of temporal trends in atmospheric deposition of inorganic nitrogen and sulphate to forests in Europe

(2014) Peter Waldner et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Impacts of acid deposition, ozone exposure and weather conditions on forest ecosystems in Europe: an overview

(2014) W. de Vries et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

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

Tree species is the major factor explaining C:N ratios in European forest soils

(2013) N. Cools et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France

(2013) Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient - is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water-limited mature trees?

(2013) Dietrich Hertel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plasticity influencing the light compensation point offsets the specialization for light niches across shrub species in a tropical forest understorey

(2013) Frank J. Sterck et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Growth of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelium along a Norway spruce forest nitrogen deposition gradient and its effect on nitrogen leakage

(2013) Adam Bahr et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

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

Evaluation of methods to estimate production, biomass and turnover of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in forests soils – A review

(2012) H. Wallander et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Jiacun Gu et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Growth and carbon sequestration by ectomycorrhizal fungi in intensively fertilized Norway spruce forests

(2011) H. Wallander et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

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

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

(2011) Ivika Ostonen 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

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

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Fine Root Biomass, Production, Turnover Rates, and Nutrient Contents in Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Relation to Species, Climate, Fertility, and Stand Age: Literature Review and Meta-Analyses

(2010) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

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

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of experimental drought on the fine root system of mature Norway spruce

(2008) Dirk Gaul et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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