| 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 | 543 | 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 | 430 | 2021 |
| 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 | 352 | 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 | 328 | 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 | 325 | 2017 |
| 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 | 284 | 2017 |
| 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 | 242 | 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 | 236 | 2021 |
| 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 | 221 | 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 |
| Global root traits (GRooT) database NR Guerrero‐Ramírez, L Mommer, GT Freschet, CM Iversen, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 30 (1), 25-37, 2021 | 143 | 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 | 137 | 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 | 116 | 2007 |
| 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 | 100 | 2021 |
| 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 | 95 | 2020 |
| 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 | 94 | 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 | 88 | 2016 |
| Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates AE Zanne, H Flores-Moreno, JR Powell, WK Cornwell, JW Dalling, ... Science 377 (6613), 1440-1444, 2022 | 72 | 2022 |
| 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 | 66 | 2010 |
| Rapid responses of root traits and productivity to phosphorus and cation additions in a tropical lowland forest in Amazonia LF Lugli, JS Rosa, KM Andersen, R Di Ponzio, RV Almeida, M Pires, ... New Phytologist 230 (1), 116-128, 2021 | 65 | 2021 |
Christopher BlackwoodProfessor, Michigan State UniversityVerified email at msu.edu
