Patterns of structural and defense investments in fine roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) across a strong temperature and latitudinal gradient in Europe

Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum

(2016) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Scots pine fine roots adjust along a 2000-km latitudinal climatic gradient

(2016) Marcin Zadworny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Root functional parameters along a land-use gradient: evidence of a community-level economics spectrum

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

The hidden season: growing season is 50% longer below than above ground along an arctic elevation gradient

(2015) Gesche Blume-Werry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) Firoz Shah et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phenolic profile within the fine-root branching orders of an evergreen species highlights a disconnect in root tissue quality predicted by elemental- and molecular-level carbon composition

(2015) Jun-Jian Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Intraspecific variation in fine root respiration and morphology in response to in situ soil nitrogen fertility in a 100-year-old Chamaecyparis obtusa forest

(2015) Naoki Makita et al.   OECOLOGIA

On the controls of root lifespan: assessing the role of soluble phenolics

(2015) Thomas S. Adams et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Do ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate tree species systematically differ in root order-related fine root morphology and biomass?

(2015) Petra Kubisch et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Trade-offs between constitutive and induced defences drive geographical and climatic clines in pine chemical defences

(2014) Xoaquín Moreira et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fine root longevity and carbon input into soil from below- and aboveground litter in climatically contrasting forests

(2014) Jaana Leppälammi-Kujansuu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The unseen iceberg: plant roots in arctic tundra

(2014) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots

(2014) P. B. Reich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biogeographic variation in evergreen conifer needle longevity and impacts on boreal forest carbon cycle projections

(2014) P. B. Reich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of environmental factors on fine root lifespan

(2014) M. Luke McCormack et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fine root production and turnover of tree and understorey vegetation in Scots pine, silver birch and Norway spruce stands in SW Sweden

(2013) Karna Hansson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Temperature-driven range expansion of an irruptive insect heightened by weakly coevolved plant defenses

(2013) K. F. Raffa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Avoiding transport bottlenecks in an expanding root system: Xylem vessel development in fibrous and pioneer roots under field conditions

(2012) Agnieszka Bagniewska-Zadworna et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span

(2012) Han Y. H. Chen et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Understanding trait interactions and their impacts on growth in Scots pine branches across Europe

(2012) Frank J. Sterck et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

The Role of Plants in the Effects of Global Change on Nutrient Availability and Stoichiometry in the Plant-Soil System

(2012) J. Sardans et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Casparian bands occur in the periderm of Pelargonium hortorum stem and root

(2011) Chris J. Meyer et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Putting plant resistance traits on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

(2011) Angela T. Moles et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The resource availability hypothesis revisited: a meta-analysis

(2010) María-José Endara et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Assessing the evidence for latitudinal gradients in plant defence and herbivory

(2010) Angela T. Moles et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Ephemeral root modules in Fraxinus mandshurica

(2010) Mengxue Xia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Contrasting effects of elevated CO2 and warming on nitrogen cycling in a semiarid grassland

(2010) Feike A. Dijkstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Both catabolic and anabolic heterotrophic microbial activity proceed in frozen soils

(2010) S. H. Drotz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Link between defoliation and light treatments on root vitality of five understory shrubs with different resistance to insect herbivory

(2010) P. Karolewski et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Influence of Environmental Variability on Root Dynamics in Northern Forests

(2009) Brian W. Brassard et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Carbon losses due to soil warming: Do autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration respond equally?

(2009) ANDREAS SCHINDLBACHER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe

(2009) J. Martínez-Vilalta et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Arbuscular mycorrhizae improves low temperature stress in maize via alterations in host water status and photosynthesis

(2009) Xian-Can Zhu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant and Microbial Uptake and Allocation of Organic and Inorganic Nitrogen Related to Plant Growth Forms and Soil Conditions at Two Subarctic Tundra Sites in Sweden

(2008) Pernille Lærkedal Sorensen et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

(2008) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY