Root morphology and mycorrhizal type strongly influence root production in nutrient hot spots of mixed forests

Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands

(2017) François P. Teste et al.   SCIENCE

Mycorrhizal fungi and roots are complementary in foraging within nutrient patches

(2016) Lei Cheng et al.   ECOLOGY

Co-occurring grassland species vary in their responses to fine-scale soil heterogeneity

(2016) Riin Tamme et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

Belowground carbon trade among tall trees in a temperate forest

(2016) T. Klein et al.   SCIENCE

Root–Root Interactions: Towards A Rhizosphere Framework

(2016) Liesje Mommer et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Nutrient foraging behaviour of four co-occurring perennial grassland plant species alone does not predict behaviour with neighbours

(2015) Gordon G. McNickle et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

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

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

(2015) Firoz Shah et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Complementarity in nutrient foraging strategies of absorptive fine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across 14 coexisting subtropical tree species

(2015) Bitao Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reliance on shallow soil water in a mixed-hardwood forest in central Pennsylvania

(2015) Katie P. Gaines et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Complementary plant nutrient-acquisition strategies promote growth of neighbour species

(2014) Francois P. Teste et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape

(2014) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Burrowing by badgers (Meles meles) and foxes (Vulpes vulpes) changes soil conditions and vegetation in a European temperate forest

(2013) Przemysław Kurek et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

In situhigh-frequency observations of mycorrhizas

(2013) Michael F. Allen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Foraging strategies in trees of different root morphology: the role of root lifespan

(2013) T. S. Adams et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

Evolutionarily Stable Strategy Carbon Allocation to Foliage, Wood, and Fine Roots in Trees Competing for Light and Nitrogen: An Analytically Tractable, Individual-Based Model and Quantitative Comparisons to Data

(2011) Ray Dybzinski et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Interactive effects of nutrient heterogeneity and competition: implications for root foraging theory?

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors

(2010) J. F. Cahill et al.   SCIENCE

Resource and non-resource root competition effects of grasses on early- versus late-successional trees

(2009) Christian Messier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

First come, first served: grasses have a head start on forbs with prompt nutrient patch occupation

(2009) Marie Šmilauerová et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Multiple Multilocus DNA Barcodes from the Plastid Genome Discriminate Plant Species Equally Well

(2008) Aron J. Fazekas et al.   PLoS One