Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland

Two dimensions define the variation of fine root traits across plant communities under the joint influence of ecological succession and annual mowing

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Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs

(2018) Ellen L. Fry et al.   OECOLOGIA

Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

(2018) Peter Manning et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Plant, soil and microbial controls on grassland diversity restoration: a long-term, multi-site mesocosm experiment

(2017) Ellen L. Fry et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Interspecific integration of trait dimensions at local scales: the plant phenotype as an integrated network

(2017) Julie Messier 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

Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

(2017) Forest Isbell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root distribution responses to three-dimensional soil heterogeneity in experimental mesocosms

(2017) Yongjie Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root exudates increase N availability by stimulating microbial turnover of fast-cycling N pools

(2017) Ina C. Meier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

(2017) Elly Morriën et al.   Nature Communications

Links between soil microbial communities and plant traits in a species-rich grassland under long-term climate change

(2017) Emma J. Sayer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Vegetation patterns along micro-relief and vegetation type transects in polygonal landscapes of the Siberian Arctic

(2016) Romy Zibulski et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

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

Analysing the impact of multiple stressors in aquatic biomonitoring data: A ‘cookbook’ with applications in R

(2016) Christian K. Feld et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Simple measures of climate, soil properties and plant traits predict national-scale grassland soil carbon stocks

(2015) Peter Manning et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Using plant functional traits to restore Hawaiian rainforest

(2015) Rebecca Ostertag et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED 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

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

(2015) Tom H. Oliver et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

TheVGAMPackage for Categorical Data Analysis

(2015) Thomas W. Yee   Journal of Statistical Software

Contribution of above- and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities

(2014) N. Legay et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Root hydraulics: The forgotten side of roots in drought adaptation

(2014) Vincent Vadez   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

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

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services

(2013) Karl Grigulis et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Trait-based classification and manipulation of plant functional groups for biodiversity-ecosystem function experiments

(2013) Ellen L. Fry et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Plant Functional Group Composition Modifies the Effects of Precipitation Change on Grassland Ecosystem Function

(2013) Ellen L. Fry et al.   PLoS One

Differential priming of soil carbon driven by soil depth and root impacts on carbon availability

(2013) Marie-Anne de Graaff et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Rhizosphere priming: a nutrient perspective

(2013) Feike A. Dijkstra et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Grassland Resistance and Resilience after Drought Depends on Management Intensity and Species Richness

(2012) Anja Vogel et al.   PLoS One

Multivariate identification of plant functional response and effect traits in an agricultural landscape

(2011) Robin J. Pakeman   ECOLOGY

Cascading effects of long-term land-use changes on plant traits and ecosystem functioning

(2011) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change

(2008) PHILIP A. FAY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY