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

Contribution of above- and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities

(2014) N. Legay et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Deliang Kong et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Alpine climate alters the relationships between leaf and root morphological traits but not chemical traits

(2014) Yan Geng et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root diameter variations explained by anatomy and phylogeny of 50 tropical and temperate tree species

(2014) J. Gu et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France

(2013) Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours

(2013) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Where do roots take up water? Neutron radiography of water flow into the roots of transpiring plants growing in soil

(2013) Mohsen Zarebanadkouki et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

How to study deep roots—and why it matters

(2013) Jean-Luc Maeght et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Dynamics of soil exploration by fine roots down to a depth of 10 m throughout the entire rotation in Eucalyptus grandis plantations

(2013) Jean-Paul Laclau et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Assessing Light Competition for Cereal Production in Temperate Agroforestry Systems using Experimentation and Crop Modelling

(2012) L. Dufour et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE

The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum

(2012) Liesje Mommer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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

Large-scale sequestration of atmospheric carbon via plant roots in natural and agricultural ecosystems: why and how

(2012) D. B. Kell   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

(2011) Marine Birouste et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Engineering ecological protection against landslides in diverse mountain forests: Choosing cohesion models

(2011) Zhun Mao et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

(2011) Robert J. Holdaway et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Independent Evolution of Leaf and Root Traits within and among Temperate Grassland Plant Communities

(2011) Steven W. Kembel et al.   PLoS One

Very fine roots respond to soil depth: biomass allocation, morphology, and physiology in a broad-leaved temperate forest

(2010) Naoki Makita et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

(2010) Maartje Anne Bakker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems

(2010) Guofang Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Suites of plant traits in species from different stages of a Mediterranean secondary succession

(2009) M.-L. Navas et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

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

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

Fine root morphological traits determine variation in root respiration of Quercus serrata

(2009) N. Makita et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and fine root traits in sites under different plant successional phases in southern Brazil

(2008) Waldemar Zangaro et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Soil depth, plant rooting strategies and species’ niches

(2008) H. Jochen Schenk   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root traits and taxonomic affiliation of nine herbaceous species grown in glasshouse conditions

(2008) Catherine Roumet et al.   PLANT AND SOIL