Root traits are related to plant water-use among rangeland Mediterranean species

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

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

Grassland root functional parameters vary according to a community-level resource acquisition-conservation trade-off

(2016) Florian Fort 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

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Management of crop water under drought: a review

(2015) Gernot Bodner et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Can diversity in root architecture explain plant water use efficiency? A modeling study

(2015) Stefania Tron et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Root functional trait syndromes and plasticity drive the ability of grassland Fabaceae to tolerate water and phosphorus shortage

(2015) Florian Fort et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Challenging the maximum rooting depth paradigm in grasslands and savannas

(2015) Jesse B. Nippert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root anatomical phenes predict root penetration ability and biomechanical properties in maize (Zea Mays)

(2015) Joseph G. Chimungu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

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

Root tip morphology, anatomy, chemistry and potential hydraulic conductivity vary with soil depth in three temperate hardwood species

(2015) Yan Wang et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland

(2013) Maud Bernard-Verdier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root plasticity maintains growth of temperate grassland species under pulsed water supply

(2013) Francisco M. Padilla et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Root traits contributing to plant productivity under drought

(2013) Louise H. Comas et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Tradeoffs between functional strategies for resource-use and drought-survival in Mediterranean rangeland species

(2012) Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Evolutionary Patterns and Biogeochemical Significance of Angiosperm Root Traits

(2012) L. H. Comas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum

(2012) Liesje Mommer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Isotopes reveal contrasting water use strategies among coexisting plant species in a Mediterranean ecosystem

(2012) Cristina Moreno-Gutiérrez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

Root characteristics of C4 grasses limit reliance on deep soil water in tallgrass prairie

(2012) Jesse B. Nippert et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Contrasting root behaviour in two grass species: a test of functionality in dynamic heterogeneous conditions

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant root growth, architecture and function

(2009) Angela Hodge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Morphological traits and water use strategies in seedlings of Mediterranean coexisting species

(2009) E. I. Hernández et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Thresholds for leaf expansion and transpiration response to soil water deficit in a range of sunflower genotypes

(2008) Pierre Casadebaig et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Comparative community physiology: nonconvergence in water relations among three semi-arid shrub communities

(2008) Anna L. Jacobsen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST