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

Coordinated pattern of multi-element variability in leaves and roots across Chinese forest biomes

(2016) Ning Zhao et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

Phylogenetically structured traits in root systems influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in woody angiosperms

(2016) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species-rich tropical-subtropical forests

(2015) Le Li et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

New insights into leaf and fine-root trait relationships: implications of resource acquisition among 23 xerophytic woody species

(2015) Fang Lan Li et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

Resource economics and coordination among above- and below-ground functional traits of three dominant shrubs from the Chilean coastal desert

(2014) Joaquín Morales et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits

(2014) Yan Geng et al.   OECOLOGIA

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

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

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

Root and leaf functional trait relations in Poaceae species: implications of differing resource-acquisition strategies

(2012) F. Fort et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum

(2012) Liesje Mommer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How to measure and test phylogenetic signal

(2012) Tamara Münkemüller et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

Independent Evolution of Leaf and Root Traits within and among Temperate Grassland Plant Communities

(2011) Steven W. Kembel et al.   PLoS One

Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems

(2010) Guofang Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

(2010) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

SIZE-CORRECTION AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS FOR INTERSPECIFIC COMPARATIVE STUDIES

(2009) Liam J. Revell   EVOLUTION

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Patterns in root trait variation among 25 co-existing North American forest species

(2009) L. H. Comas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution

(2008) Campbell O. Webb et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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