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 …

Deciphering the role of specialist and generalist plant–microbial interactions as drivers of plant–soil feedback

M Semchenko, KE Barry, FT de Vries… - New …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Feedback between plants and soil microbial communities can be a powerful driver of
vegetation dynamics. Plants elicit changes in the soil microbiome that either promote or …

FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations

NA Soudzilovskaia, S Vaessen, M Barcelo… - New …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Testing of ecological, biogeographical and phylogenetic hypotheses of mycorrhizal traits
requires a comprehensive reference dataset about plant mycorrhizal associations. Here we …

What are mycorrhizal traits?

VB Chaudhary, EP Holland… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022‏ - cell.com
Traits are inherent properties of organisms, but how are they defined for organismal
networks such as mycorrhizal symbioses? Mycorrhizal symbioses are complex and diverse …

Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

NA Soudzilovskaia, PM van Bodegom, C Terrer… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Vegetation impacts on ecosystem functioning are mediated by mycorrhizas, plant–fungal
associations formed by most plant species. Ecosystems dominated by distinct mycorrhizal …

Dual‐mycorrhizal plants: their ecology and relevance

FP Teste, MD Jones, IA Dickie - New Phytologist, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐mycorrhizal plants are capable of associating with fungi that form characteristic
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EM) structures. Here, we address the …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: advances and retreats in our understanding of the ecological functioning of the mother of all root symbioses

TW Kuyper, J Jansa - Plant and Soil, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis has been referred to as the mother of all
plant root symbioses as it predated the evolution of plant roots. The AM research is a …

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Robinia pseudoacacia

A Cierjacks, I Kowarik, J Joshi, S Hempel… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of R obinia pseudoacacia L.
that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main …

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) …