| 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), eaba3756, 2020 | 364 | 2020 |
| 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 | 293 | 2021 |
| 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 | 284 | 2017 |
| 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 | 282 | 2017 |
| 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 | 237 | 2021 |
| A worldview of root traits: the influence of ancestry, growth form, climate and mycorrhizal association on the functional trait variation of fine‐root tissues in seed plants OJ Valverde‐Barrantes, GT Freschet, C Roumet, CB Blackwood New Phytologist 215 (4), 1562-1573, 2017 | 236 | 2017 |
| Logging impacts on forest structure and seedling dynamics in a Prioria copaifera (Fabaceae) dominated tropical rain forest (Talamanca, Costa Rica) OJ Valverde-Barrantes, OJ Rocha Revista de biologia tropical 62 (1), 308-318, 2014 | 229 | 2014 |
| Amazon forest response to CO2 fertilization dependent on plant phosphorus acquisition K Fleischer, A Rammig, MG De Kauwe, AP Walker, TF Domingues, ... Nature Geoscience 12 (9), 736-741, 2019 | 203 | 2019 |
| Tree species effects on soil properties in experimental plantations in tropical moist forest AE Russell, JW Raich, OJ Valverde-Barrantes, RF Fisher Soil Science Society of America Journal 71 (4), 1389-1397, 2007 | 178 | 2007 |
| Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum D Kong, J Wang, H Wu, OJ Valverde-Barrantes, R Wang, H Zeng, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 2203, 2019 | 167 | 2019 |
| 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 | 129 | 2021 |
| Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees OJ Valverde‐Barrantes, KA Smemo, CB Blackwood Functional Ecology 29 (6), 796-807, 2015 | 116 | 2015 |
| Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species OJ Valverde-Barrantes, JW Raich, AE Russell Plant and Soil 290, 357-370, 2007 | 112 | 2007 |
| Global root traits (GRooT) database NR Guerrero‐Ramírez, L Mommer, GT Freschet, CM Iversen, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 30 (1), 25-37, 2021 | 108 | 2021 |
| The distribution of below‐ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours OJ Valverde‐Barrantes, KA Smemo, LM Feinstein, MW Kershner, ... Journal of Ecology 101 (4), 933-942, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
| Phylogenetically structured traits in root systems influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in woody angiosperms OJ Valverde-Barrantes, AL Horning, KA Smemo, CB Blackwood Plant and Soil 404, 1-12, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| Multiple phosphorus acquisition strategies adopted by fine roots in low-fertility soils in Central Amazonia LF Lugli, KM Andersen, LEOC Aragão, AL Cordeiro, HFV Cunha, ... Plant and Soil 450, 49-63, 2020 | 76 | 2020 |
| Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs DC Laughlin, L Mommer, FM Sabatini, H Bruelheide, TW Kuyper, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (8), 1123-1134, 2021 | 65 | 2021 |
| Impacts of individual tree species on carbon dynamics in a moist tropical forest environment AE Russell, JW Raich, RB Arrieta, O Valverde-Barrantes, E González Ecological Applications 20 (4), 1087-1100, 2010 | 60 | 2010 |
| Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine‐root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape OJ Valverde‐Barrantes, KA Smemo, LM Feinstein, MW Kershner, ... New Phytologist 205 (2), 731-742, 2015 | 59 | 2015 |
Christopher BlackwoodProfessor, Michigan State UniversityVerified email at msu.edu
