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| Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below‐ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes ML McCormack, IA Dickie, DM Eissenstat, TJ Fahey, CW Fernandez, ... New Phytologist 207 (3), 505-518, 2015 | 1288 | 2015 |
| Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits Z Ma, D Guo, X Xu, M Lu, RD Bardgett, DM Eissenstat, ML McCormack, ... Nature 555 (7694), 94-97, 2018 | 706 | 2018 |
| The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants J Bergmann, A Weigelt, F van der Plas, DC Laughlin, TW Kuyper, ... Science Advances 6 (27), 2020 | 612 | 2020 |
| Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2 JE Drake, A Gallet‐Budynek, KS Hofmockel, ES Bernhardt, SA Billings, ... Ecology letters 14 (4), 349-357, 2011 | 491 | 2011 |
| Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs GT Freschet, C Roumet, LH Comas, M Weemstra, AG Bengough, ... New Phytologist 232 (3), 1123-1158, 2021 | 485 | 2021 |
| Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees M Luke McCormack, TS Adams, EAH Smithwick, DM Eissenstat New Phytologist 195 (4), 823-831, 2012 | 477 | 2012 |
| A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas, B Rewald, C Roumet, ... New Phytologist 232 (3), 973-1122, 2021 | 415 | 2021 |
| Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine‐root trait variation GT Freschet, OJ Valverde‐Barrantes, CM Tucker, JM Craine, ... Journal of Ecology 105 (5), 1182-1196, 2017 | 343 | 2017 |
| A global Fine‐Root Ecology Database to address below‐ground challenges in plant ecology CM Iversen, ML McCormack, AS Powell, CB Blackwood, GT Freschet, ... New Phytologist 215 (1), 15-26, 2017 | 343 | 2017 |
| Similar below‐ground carbon cycling dynamics but contrasting modes of nitrogen cycling between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal forests G Lin, ML McCormack, C Ma, D Guo New Phytologist 213 (3), 1440-1451, 2017 | 293 | 2017 |
| Irreconcilable differences: fine-root life spans and soil carbon persistence AE Strand, SG Pritchard, ML McCormack, MA Davis, R Oren Science 319 (5862), 456-458, 2008 | 289 | 2008 |
| An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective A Weigelt, L Mommer, K Andraczek, CM Iversen, J Bergmann, ... New Phytologist 232 (1), 42-59, 2021 | 272 | 2021 |
| Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks NA Soudzilovskaia, PM van Bodegom, C Terrer, M Zelfde, I McCallum, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 5077, 2019 | 266 | 2019 |
| Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species‐rich tropical‐subtropical forests LE Li, ML McCormack, C Ma, D Kong, Q Zhang, X Chen, H Zeng, ... Ecology letters 18 (9), 899-906, 2015 | 246 | 2015 |
| Building a better foundation: improving root‐trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes ML McCormack, D Guo, CM Iversen, W Chen, DM Eissenstat, ... New Phytologist 215 (1), 27-37, 2017 | 236 | 2017 |
| Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life RV Gallagher, DS Falster, BS Maitner, R Salguero-Gómez, V Vandvik, ... Nature ecology & evolution 4 (3), 294-303, 2020 | 222 | 2020 |
| The decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal necromass CW Fernandez, JA Langley, S Chapman, ML McCormack, RT Koide Soil Biology and Biochemistry 93, 38-49, 2016 | 220 | 2016 |
| Impacts of environmental factors on fine root lifespan ML Mccormack, D Guo Frontiers in Plant Science 5, 205, 2014 | 211 | 2014 |
| Variability in root production, phenology, and turnover rate among 12 temperate tree species ML McCormack, TS Adams, EAH Smithwick, DM Eissenstat Ecology 95 (8), 2224-2235, 2014 | 194 | 2014 |
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