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 …

Rhizosphere size and shape: temporal dynamics and spatial stationarity

Y Kuzyakov, BS Razavi - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The soil volume affected by roots–the rhizosphere–is one of the most important microbial
hotspots determining the processes, dynamics and cycling of carbon (C), nutrients and water …

[HTML][HTML] Fine root biomass and morphology in a temperate forest are influenced more by the nitrogen treatment approach than the rate

W Li, Y Shi, D Zhu, W Wang, H Liu, J Li, N Shi, L Ma… - Ecological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Global nitrogen (N) deposition patterns have profoundly affected the production and
morphological structure of fine roots, which in turn changed the distribution of carbon in …

Soil compaction and the architectural plasticity of root systems

J Correa, JA Postma, M Watt… - Journal of experimental …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Soil compaction is a serious global problem, and is a major cause of inadequate rooting and
poor yield in crops around the world. Root system architecture (RSA) describes the spatial …

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

M Weemstra, L Mommer, EJW Visser… - New …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The search for a root economics spectrum (RES) has been sparked by recent interest in trait‐
based plant ecology. By analogy with the one‐dimensional leaf economics spectrum (LES) …

The world‐wide 'fast–slow'plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

PB Reich - Journal of ecology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The leaf economics spectrum (LES) provides a useful framework for examining species
strategies as shaped by their evolutionary history. However, that spectrum, as originally …

Plant sizes and shapes above and belowground and their interactions with climate

SJ Tumber‐Dávila, HJ Schenk, E Du… - New …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Although the above and belowground sizes and shapes of plants strongly influence plant
competition, community structure, and plant–environment interactions, plant sizes and …

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

N Perez-Harguindeguy, S Diaz, E Garnier… - Australian Journal of …, 2016‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …

Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum

D Kong, J Wang, H Wu, OJ Valverde-Barrantes… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The root economics spectrum (RES), a common hypothesis postulating a tradeoff between
resource acquisition and conservation traits, is being challenged by conflicting relationships …

Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest

L Sun, M Ataka, M Han, Y Han, D Gan, T Xu… - New …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Root exudation stimulates microbial decomposition and enhances nutrient availability to
plants. It remains difficult to measure and predict this carbon flux in natural conditions …