The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

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

The Roots of Diversity: Below Ground Species Richness and Rooting Distributions in a Tropical Forest Revealed by DNA Barcodes and Inverse Modeling

(2011) F. Andrew Jones et al.   PLoS One

Fine root traits in adult trees of evergreen and deciduous taxa from low and high elevation in the Alps

(2011) Pilar Alvarez-Uria et al.   Alpine Botany

Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects

(2010) T. M. Bezemer et al.   ECOLOGY

Factors causing variation in fine root biomass in forest ecosystems

(2010) Leena Finér et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Unveiling below-ground species abundance in a biodiversity experiment: a test of vertical niche differentiation among grassland species

(2010) Liesje Mommer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Tree species fine-root demography parallels habitat specialization across a sandhill soil resource gradient

(2009) Javier F. Espeleta et al.   ECOLOGY

Using functional traits to predict grassland ecosystem change: a mathematical test of the response-and-effect trait approach

(2009) KATJA KLUMPP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Biomass and morphology of fine roots in temperate broad-leaved forests differing in tree species diversity: is there evidence of below-ground overyielding?

(2009) Catharina Meinen et al.   OECOLOGIA

The dynamics of root meristem distribution in the soil

(2009) L. DUPUY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Using Phylogenetic, Functional and Trait Diversity to Understand Patterns of Plant Community Productivity

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   PLoS One

Comment on "Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest"

(2009) J. K. Lake et al.   SCIENCE

Improving the Scale and Precision of Hypotheses to Explain Root Foraging Ability

(2008) S. W. Kembel et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

FORWARD SELECTION OF EXPLANATORY VARIABLES

(2008) F. Guillaume Blanchet et al.   ECOLOGY

Fractal analysis on root systems of rice plants in response to drought stress

(2008) Hong Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest

(2008) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE

Yes, kin recognition in plants!

(2007) S. A Dudley et al.   Biology Letters