Nutrient foraging by mycorrhizas: From species functional traits to ecosystem processes

Root morphology and mycorrhizal type strongly influence root production in nutrient hot spots of mixed forests

(2017) Weile Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and the enzymatic liberation of nitrogen from soil organic matter: why evolutionary history matters

(2017) Peter T. Pellitier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycorrhizal fungi and roots are complementary in foraging within nutrient patches

(2016) Lei Cheng et al.   ECOLOGY

Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: global carbon cycle impact from an improved plant nitrogen cycle in the Community Land Model

(2016) Mingjie Shi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Linking root traits and competitive success in grassland species

(2016) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root morphology and mycorrhizal symbioses together shape nutrient foraging strategies of temperate trees

(2016) Weile Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seasonality and partitioning of root allocation to rhizosphere soils in a midlatitude forest

(2016) Rose Z. Abramoff et al.   Ecosphere

Organic Nitrogen-Driven Stimulation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Hyphae Correlates with Abundance of Ammonia Oxidizers

(2016) Petra Bukovská et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Chinese fir root response to spatial and temporal heterogeneity of phosphorus availability in the soil

(2015) Xianhua Zou et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Linking root traits to nutrient foraging in arbuscular mycorrhizal trees in a temperate forest

(2015) David M. Eissenstat et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ectomycorrhizal fungi decompose soil organic matter using oxidative mechanisms adapted from saprotrophic ancestors

(2015) Firoz Shah 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

Contrasts between whole-plant and local nutrient levels determine root growth and death in Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae)

(2014) Fengqin Hu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Ectomycorrhizal fungi - potential organic matter decomposers, yet not saprotrophs

(2014) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon sequestration is related to mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during long-term succession in boreal forests

(2014) Karina E. Clemmensen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen: implications for individual plants through to ecosystems

(2014) Angela Hodge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

In situhigh-frequency observations of mycorrhizas

(2013) Michael F. Allen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Profiling functions of ectomycorrhizal diversity and root structuring in seedlings of Norway spruce (Picea abies) with fast- and slow-growing phenotypes

(2013) Sannakajsa M. Velmala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: role in carbon cycling

(2013) A. Ekblad et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Foraging strategies in trees of different root morphology: the role of root lifespan

(2013) T. S. Adams et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

A trait-based framework to understand life history of mycorrhizal fungi

(2013) Pierre-Luc Chagnon et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

Conservation of ectomycorrhizal fungi: exploring the linkages between functional and taxonomic responses to anthropogenic N deposition

(2011) E.A. Lilleskov et al.   Fungal Ecology

Exploration type-specific standard values of extramatrical mycelium – a step towards quantifying ectomycorrhizal space occupation and biomass in natural soil

(2011) Rosemarie B Weigt et al.   MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS

Rethinking ectomycorrhizal succession: are root density and hyphal exploration types drivers of spatial and temporal zonation?

(2010) Kabir G. Peay et al.   Fungal Ecology

Traits related to differences in function among three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2010) Cécile Thonar et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors

(2010) J. F. Cahill et al.   SCIENCE

Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

(2008) Peter B. Reich et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root decisions

(2008) ANGELA HODGE   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Ectomycorrhizal mycelial species composition in apatite amended and non-amended mesh bags buried in a phosphorus-poor spruce forest

(2007) Jenny Hedh et al.