Different phylogenetic and environmental controls of first-order root morphological and nutrient traits: Evidence of multidimensional root traits

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 nutrient concentration and biomass allocation are more plastic than morphological traits in response to nutrient limitation

(2017) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Complex trait relationships between leaves and absorptive roots: Coordination in tissue N concentration but divergence in morphology

(2017) Ruili Wang et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Patterns of structural and defense investments in fine roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) across a strong temperature and latitudinal gradient in Europe

(2016) Marcin Zadworny et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil-climate interactions explain variation in foliar, stem, root and reproductive traits across temperate forests

(2016) Angela H. Simpson et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

Scots pine fine roots adjust along a 2000-km latitudinal climatic gradient

(2016) Marcin Zadworny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Life span and structure of ephemeral root modules of different functional groups from a desert system

(2016) Bo Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Similar below-ground carbon cycling dynamics but contrasting modes of nitrogen cycling between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal forests

(2016) Guigang Lin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

(2015) Hong Qian et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

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

Latitudinal variation of leaf stomatal traits from species to community level in forests: linkage with ecosystem productivity

(2015) Ruili Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

An updated megaphylogeny of plants, a tool for generating plant phylogenies and an analysis of phylogenetic community structure

(2015) Hong Qian et al.   Journal of Plant 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

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Extension of Nakagawa & Schielzeth'sR2GLMMto random slopes models

(2014) Paul C.D. Johnson   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

Mycorrhizas in the Central European flora: relationships with plant life history traits and ecology

(2013) Stefan Hempel et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

No globally consistent effect of ectomycorrhizal status on foliar traits

(2012) Nina Koele et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

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

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

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Mycorrhizal associations and other means of nutrition of vascular plants: understanding the global diversity of host plants by resolving conflicting information and developing reliable means of diagnosis

(2009) Mark C. Brundrett   PLANT AND SOIL