Introduction to a Virtual Issue on root traits

A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology

(2017) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Building a better foundation: improving root-trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes

(2017) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant community controls on short-term ecosystem nitrogen retention

(2016) Franciska T. de Vries 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

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2016) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

More of the same? In situ leaf and root decomposition rates do not vary between 80 native and nonnative deciduous forest species

(2015) Insu Jo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Phenolic profile within the fine-root branching orders of an evergreen species highlights a disconnect in root tissue quality predicted by elemental- and molecular-level carbon composition

(2015) Jun-Jian Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Quantitative assessment of the differential impacts of arbuscular and ectomycorrhiza on soil carbon cycling

(2015) Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genes and networks regulating root anatomy and architecture

(2015) Guy Wachsman 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

Flood adaptive traits and processes: an overview

(2015) Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root structural and functional dynamics in terrestrial biosphere models - evaluation and recommendations

(2014) Jeffrey M. Warren et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is there an association between root architecture and mycorrhizal growth response?

(2014) Hafiz Maherali   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Understanding the genetic control and physiological traits associated with rhizosheath production by barley (Hordeum vulgare)

(2014) Timothy S. George et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Belowground fine root productivity, traits, and trees

(2014) Andy Jones   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modelling the root system architecture of Poaceae. Can we simulate integrated traits from morphological parameters of growth and branching?

(2014) Loïc Pagès et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment

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

Using root form to improve our understanding of root function

(2014) Colleen M. Iversen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape

(2014) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation

(2014) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Changes in root architecture under elevated concentrations of CO2and nitrogen reflect alternate soil exploration strategies

(2014) Katilyn V. Beidler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The unseen iceberg: plant roots in arctic tundra

(2014) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Introduction to aVirtual Special Issue: modeling the hidden half - the root of our problem

(2013) Roser Matamala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Wood specific gravity and anatomy of branches and roots in 113 Amazonian rainforest tree species across environmental gradients

(2013) Claire Fortunel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands

(2011) C. M. Iversen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS