Dynamic niche partitioning in root water uptake facilitates efficient water use in more diverse grassland plant communities

Water and nitrogen uptake are better associated with resource availability than root biomass

(2017) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   Ecosphere

Mean root trait more than root trait diversity determines drought resilience in native and cultivated Mediterranean grass mixtures

(2016) Karim Barkaoui et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Plant functional diversity increases grassland productivity-related water vapor fluxes: an Ecotron and modeling approach

(2016) Alexandru Milcu et al.   ECOLOGY

High-resolution isotope measurements resolve rapid ecohydrological dynamics at the soil-plant interface

(2016) Till H. M. Volkmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant diversity moderates drought stress in grasslands: Implications from a large real-world study on 13 C natural abundances

(2016) Valentin H. Klaus et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plant diversity generates enhanced soil microbial access to recently photosynthesized carbon in the rhizosphere

(2016) Perla Griselle Mellado-Vázquez et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Contrasting Effects of Intraspecific Trait Variation on Trait-Based Niches and Performance of Legumes in Plant Mixtures

(2015) Christiane Roscher et al.   PLoS One

No Evidence of Complementary Water Use along a Plant Species Richness Gradient in Temperate Experimental Grasslands

(2015) Dörte Bachmann et al.   PLoS One

Tree water uptake in a tropical plantation varying in tree diversity: interspecific differences, seasonal shifts and complementarity

(2014) Luitgard Schwendenmann et al.   Ecohydrology

Functional diversity of leaf nitrogen concentrations drives grassland carbon fluxes

(2014) Alexandru Milcu et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

(2014) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   OIKOS

Root Water Uptake: From Three-Dimensional Biophysical Processes to Macroscopic Modeling Approaches

(2013) Mathieu Javaux et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Root niche partitioning among grasses, saplings, and trees measured using a tracer technique

(2012) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   OECOLOGIA

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and growth of frankincense seedlings under pulsed water availability conditions

(2012) Emiru Birhane et al.   OECOLOGIA

The partitioning of water uptake between growth forms in a Neotropical savanna: do herbs exploit a third water source niche?

(2012) D. R. Rossatto et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Using Plant Functional Traits to Explain Diversity–Productivity Relationships

(2012) Christiane Roscher et al.   PLoS One

The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

(2012) S. Naeem et al.   SCIENCE

Correcting the Temperature Influence on Soil Capacitance Sensors Using Diurnal Temperature and Water Content Cycles

(2012) André Chanzy et al.   SENSORS

Competitive and mutualistic dependencies in multispecies vegetation dynamics enabled by hydraulic redistribution

(2012) Juan C. Quijano et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity

(2011) Hans de Kroon et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant-water relations research: a review

(2011) H. Asbjornsen et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Investigating soil moisture–climate interactions in a changing climate: A review

(2010) Sonia I. Seneviratne et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Niche complementarity due to plasticity in resource use: plant partitioning of chemical N forms

(2010) Isabel W. Ashton et al.   ECOLOGY

Differences in fine root productivity between mixed- and single-species stands

(2010) Brian W. Brassard et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

A depth-controlled tracer technique measures vertical, horizontal and temporal patterns of water use by trees and grasses in a subtropical savanna

(2010) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands

(2010) Christiane Roscher et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Water relations advantages for invasive Rubus armeniacus over two native ruderal congeners

(2010) Joshua S. Caplan et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Partitioning of evapotranspiration and its controls in four grassland ecosystems: Application of a two-source model

(2009) Zhongmin Hu et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six-year grassland experiment

(2009) Elisabeth Marquard et al.   ECOLOGY

Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs

(2009) Holger Bessler et al.   ECOLOGY

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

Can complementarity in water use help to explain diversity–productivity relationships in experimental grassland plots?

(2008) Kris Verheyen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Matric Potential Measurements by Polymer Tensiometers in Cropped Lysimeters under Water-Stressed Conditions

(2008) Martine J. van der Ploeg et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL