Diversity effects on root length production and loss in an experimental grassland community

Effects of changes in rainfall amount and pattern on root dynamics in an arid shrubland

(2015) Francisco M. Padilla et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Root responses of grassland species to spatial heterogeneity of plant-soil feedback

(2014) Marloes Hendriks et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant species richness promotes soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in grasslands without legumes

(2014) Wen-Feng Cong et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Inhibitory and toxic effects of extracellular self-DNA in litter: a mechanism for negative plant-soil feedbacks?

(2014) Stefano Mazzoleni et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2014) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   OIKOS

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

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

Independent variations of plant and soil mixtures reveal soil feedback effects on plant community overyielding

(2013) Marloes Hendriks et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Early Root Overproduction Not Triggered by Nutrients Decisive for Competitive Success Belowground

(2013) Francisco M. Padilla et al.   PLoS One

Microbial Population and Community Dynamics on Plant Roots and Their Feedbacks on Plant Communities

(2012) James D. Bever et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls of Fine Root Life Span

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

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

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant-soil feedbacks provide an additional explanation for diversity-productivity relationships

(2012) A. Kulmatiski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Transitory effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on fine root dynamics in an arid ecosystem do not increase long-term soil carbon input from fine root litter

(2011) Scot D. Ferguson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern

(2010) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil fungal pathogens and the relationship between plant diversity and productivity

(2010) John L. Maron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Increased temperature and precipitation interact to affect root production, mortality, and turnover in a temperate steppe: implications for ecosystem C cycling

(2009) WENMING BAI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant-Microbe Interactions: Chemical Diversity in Plant Defense

(2009) P. Bednarek et al.   SCIENCE

Plant diversity positively affects short-term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands

(2008) SIBYLLE STEINBEISS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates

(2008) Dario A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Unravelling below-ground plant distributions: a real-time polymerase chain reaction method for quantifying species proportions in mixed root samples

(2008) L. MOMMER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Root foraging in response to heterogeneous soil moisture in two grapevines that differ in potential growth rate

(2008) Taryn L. Bauerle et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Long-term persistence of a positive plant diversity-productivity relationship in the absence of legumes

(2008) Jasper van Ruijven et al.   OIKOS

Belowground net primary productivity and biomass allocation of a grassland in Inner Mongolia is affected by grazing intensity

(2008) Ying Zhi Gao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Irreconcilable Differences: Fine-Root Life Spans and Soil Carbon Persistence

(2008) A. E. Strand et al.   SCIENCE