Fine-Root Traits Reveal Contrasting Ecological Strategies in European Beech and Norway Spruce During Extreme Drought

Non-structural carbohydrate concentrations of Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris fine roots are linked to ectomycorrhizal enzymatic activity during spring reactivation

(2020) Christoph Rosinger et al.   MYCORRHIZA

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

(2020) Joana Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Plasticity of Fine-Root Traits Under Long-Term Irrigation of a Water-Limited Scots Pine Forest

(2019) Ivano Brunner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fine root respiration is more strongly correlated with root traits than tree species identity

(2019) Eva Paradiso et al.   Ecosphere

Identifying differences in carbohydrate dynamics of seedlings and mature trees to improve carbon allocation in models for trees and forests

(2018) Henrik Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Allocation, morphology, physiology, architecture: the multiple facets of plant above- and below-ground responses to resource stress

(2018) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The ecology of Central European tree species: Trait spectra, functional trade-offs, and ecological classification of adult trees

(2018) Christoph Leuschner et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

(2018) Zeqing Ma et al.   NATURE

Unravelling the age of fine roots of temperate and boreal forests

(2018) Emily F. Solly et al.   Nature Communications

Structural plasticity in root-fungal symbioses: diverse interactions lead to improved plant fitness

(2018) Khalil Kariman et al.   PeerJ

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Building a better foundation: improving root-trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes

(2017) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Absorptive roots trait plasticity explains the variation of root foraging strategies in Cunninghamia lanceolata

(2016) Peng Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Forest canopy reduction stimulates xylem production and lowers carbon concentration in fine roots of European beech

(2016) Mattia Terzaghi et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees - from what we can measure to what we want to know

(2016) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Impact of interspecific competition and drought on the allocation of new assimilates in trees

(2016) R. Hommel et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Carbon transfer from maize roots and litter into bacteria and fungi depends on soil depth and time

(2016) Karolin Müller et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Untangling the effects of root age and tissue nitrogen on root respiration inPopulus tremuloidesat different nitrogen supply

(2016) Christian Ceccon et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Stress differentially causes roots of tree seedlings to exude carbon

(2016) Justine Karst et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Acclimation of fine root respiration to soil warming involves starch deposition in very fine and fine roots: a case study inFagus sylvaticasaplings

(2015) Antonino Di Iorio et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

How tree roots respond to drought

(2015) Ivano Brunner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant Water Uptake in Drying Soils

(2014) G. Lobet et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels

(2014) Michael J. O’Brien et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

Interspecific coordination and intraspecific plasticity of fine root traits in North American temperate tree species

(2013) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fine-root carbon and nitrogen concentration of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Italy Prealps: possible implications of coppice conversion to high forest

(2013) Mattia Terzaghi et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Partitioning of carbon allocation to reserves or growth determines future performance of aspen seedlings

(2012) Simon M. Landhäusser et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Contrasting the morphology, anatomy and fungal colonization of new pioneer and fibrous roots

(2011) Marcin Zadworny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Evidence of hydraulic lift in a young beech and oak mixed forest using 18O soil water labelling

(2011) Marion Zapater et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

smatr 3- an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines

(2011) David I. Warton et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Girdling Affects Ectomycorrhizal Fungal (EMF) Diversity and Reveals Functional Differences in EMF Community Composition in a Beech Forest

(2010) R. Pena et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enhanced ozone strongly reduces carbon sink strength of adult beech (Fagus sylvatica) – Resume from the free-air fumigation study at Kranzberg Forest

(2010) R. Matyssek et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Belowground effects of enhanced tropospheric ozone and drought in a beech/spruce forest (Fagus sylvatica L./Picea abies [L.] Karst)

(2009) Petia S. Nikolova et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Tree and stand growth of mature Norway spruce and European beech under long-term ozone fumigation

(2009) Hans Pretzsch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of ozone and Phytophthora citricola on non-structural carbohydrates of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) saplings

(2009) Frank Fleischmann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Regulation and function of root exudates

(2009) Dayakar V. Badri et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Organization of the root apical meristem in angiosperms

(2008) Charles Heimsch et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Effects of the extreme drought in 2003 on soil respiration in a mixed forest

(2008) Petia S. Nikolova et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Belowground drought response of European beech: fine root biomass and carbon partitioning in 14 mature stands across a precipitation gradient

(2008) INA C. MEIER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Endogenous and exogenous controls of root life span, mortality and nitrogen flux in a longleaf pine forest: root branch order predominates

(2008) Dali Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY