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

Tree-mycorrhizal associations detected remotely from canopy spectral properties

(2016) Joshua B. Fisher et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: global carbon cycle impact from an improved plant nitrogen cycle in the Community Land Model

(2016) Mingjie Shi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Representing leaf and root physiological traits in CLM improves global carbon and nitrogen cycling predictions

(2016) Bardan Ghimire et al.   Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Strong effect of climate on ectomycorrhizal fungal composition: evidence from range overlap between two mountains

(2015) Yumiko Miyamoto et al.   ISME Journal

Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How does biomass distribution change with size and differ among species? An analysis for 1200 plant species from five continents

(2015) Hendrik Poorter 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

Seasonal variation in chemistry, but not morphology, in roots of Quercus robur growing in different soil types

(2015) M. Zadworny et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Spatial heterogeneity of fine root biomass and soil carbon in a California oak savanna illuminates plant functional strategy across periods of high and low resource supply

(2014) Laura E. Koteen et al.   Ecohydrology

Improving the representation of roots in terrestrial models

(2014) Erica A.H. Smithwick et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Back to the future: natural history and the way forward in modern fungal ecology

(2014) Kabir G. Peay   Fungal Ecology

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root structural and functional dynamics in terrestrial biosphere models - evaluation and recommendations

(2014) Jeffrey M. Warren et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Bridging mycorrhizal genomics, metagenomics and forest ecology

(2013) Roland Marmeisse et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

New insights into carbon allocation by trees from the hypothesis that annual wood production is maximized

(2013) Ross E. McMurtrie et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Neutron imaging reveals internal plant water dynamics

(2013) Jeffrey M. Warren et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Organic nutrient uptake by mycorrhizal fungi enhances ecosystem carbon storage: a model-based assessment

(2011) Kate H. Orwin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits?

(2010) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Substantial nitrogen acquisition by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from organic material has implications for N cycling

(2010) A. Hodge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Digging deeper: fine-root responses to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in forested ecosystems

(2009) Colleen M. Iversen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

(2008) Peter B. Reich et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS