Soil aggregate stability in Mediterranean and tropical agro-ecosystems: effect of plant roots and soil characteristics

Root traits are related to plant water-use among rangeland Mediterranean species

(2017) Florian Fort et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant diversity and root traits benefit physical properties key to soil function in grasslands

(2016) Iain J. Gould et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Large topsoil organic carbon variability is controlled by Andisol properties and effectively assessed by VNIR spectroscopy in a coffee agroforestry system of Costa Rica

(2016) Rintaro Kinoshita et al.   GEODERMA

Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level

(2016) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of plant functional traits on soil stability: intraspecific variability matters

(2016) Hamada E. Ali et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil aggregation and intra-aggregate carbon fractions in relation to vegetation succession on the Loess Plateau, China

(2015) Man Cheng et al.   CATENA

Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept

(2015) Michael J. Castellano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Temporal dynamics of runoff and soil loss on a plot scale under a coffee plantation on steep soil (Ultisol), Costa Rica

(2015) Mario Villatoro-Sánchez et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

(2015) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Dynamics of soil aggregate-associated organic carbon along an afforestation chronosequence

(2015) Liping Qiu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Increase in soil aggregate stability along a Mediterranean successional gradient in severely eroded gully bed ecosystems: combined effects of soil, root traits and plant community characteristics

(2015) Amandine Erktan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The decomposition of fine and coarse roots: their global patterns and controlling factors

(2015) Xinyue Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

The use of mycorrhiza for eco-engineering measures in steep alpine environments: effects on soil aggregate formation and fine-root development

(2014) Alexander Bast et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation

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

Ecological mitigation of hillslope instability: ten key issues facing researchers and practitioners

(2014) Alexia Stokes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Soil aggregate stability related to soil density, root length, and mycorrhiza using site-specific Alnus incana and Melanogaster variegatus s.l.

(2013) Frank Graf et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mechanisms linking plant community properties to soil aggregate stability in an experimental grassland plant diversity gradient

(2013) G. Pérès et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of Root Density on Erosion and Erodibility of a Loamy Soil Under Simulated Rain

(2013) Sheela Katuwal et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The relationship between plant species richness and soil aggregate stability can depend on disturbance

(2012) Mandy Pohl et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of vegetation restoration on soil aggregate microstructure quantified with synchrotron-based micro-computed tomography

(2012) H. Zhou et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Development and stabilisation of soil structure via interactions between organic matter, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots

(2012) Cathal N. Daynes et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of vegetation type on soil resistance to erosion: Relationship between aggregate stability and shear strength

(2011) M. Fattet et al.   CATENA

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

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Very fine roots respond to soil depth: biomass allocation, morphology, and physiology in a broad-leaved temperate forest

(2010) Naoki Makita et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Rates and spatial variations of soil erosion in Europe: A study based on erosion plot data

(2010) O. Cerdan et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Contributions of biotic and abiotic factors to soil aggregation across a land use gradient

(2010) E. Kathryn Barto et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Higher plant diversity enhances soil stability in disturbed alpine ecosystems

(2009) Mandy Pohl et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers. A review

(2008) Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and fine root traits in sites under different plant successional phases in southern Brazil

(2008) Waldemar Zangaro et al.   MYCORRHIZA

The effects of organic inputs over time on soil aggregate stability – A literature analysis

(2008) Samuel Abiven et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Texture and sesquioxide effects on water-stable aggregates and organic matter in some tropical soils

(2007) Bernard G. Barthès et al.   GEODERMA