An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective

A Weigelt, L Mommer, K Andraczek… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant trait variation drives plant function, community composition and ecosystem processes.
However, our current understanding of trait variation disproportionately relies on …

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… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions

Y Feng, B Schmid, M Loreau, DI Forrester, S Fei, J Zhu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Multispecies tree planting has long been applied in forestry and landscape restoration in the
hope of providing better timber production and ecosystem services; however, a systematic …

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

GT Freschet, C Roumet, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding …

[PDF][PDF] TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz - Global change biology, 2020 - figshare.utas.edu.au
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

BS Steidinger, TW Crowther, J Liang, ME Van Nuland… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The identity of the dominant root-associated microbial symbionts in a forest determines the
ability of trees to access limiting nutrients from atmospheric or soil pools,, sequester carbon …

TRY–a global database of plant traits

J Kattge, S Diaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Global root traits (GRooT) database

NR Guerrero‐Ramírez, L Mommer… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation Trait data are fundamental to the quantitative description of plant form and
function. Although root traits capture key dimensions related to plant responses to changing …

Ecosystem‐dependent responses of soil carbon storage to phosphorus enrichment

J Feng, Y Song, B Zhu - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus deposition can stimulate both plant carbon inputs and microbial carbon outputs.
However, how P enrichment affects soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and the underlying …

Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …