Fine roots acquire essential soil resources and mediate biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. Estimates of carbon and nutrient allocation to build and maintain these …

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 on …

Plant trait variation drives plant function, community composition and ecosystem processes.
However, our current understanding of trait variation disproportionately relies on …

• Although linkages of leaf and whole‐plant traits to leaf lifespan have been rigorously
investigated, there is a limited understanding of similar linkages of whole‐plant and fine root traits …

The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding …

Plant roots have greatly diversified in form and function since the emergence of the first land
plants 1 , 2 , but the global organization of functional traits in roots remains poorly …

Plant economics run on carbon and nutrients instead of money. Leaf strategies aboveground
span an economic spectrum from “live fast and die young” to “slow and steady,” but the …

… A CO 2 × N-fertilization study was initiated in 2005 when ammonium nitrate was hand-broadcast
to half of each plot at a rate of 11.2 gN m −2 year −1 . This amount was applied in two …

Vegetation impacts on ecosystem functioning are mediated by mycorrhizas, plant–fungal
associations formed by most plant species. Ecosystems dominated by distinct mycorrhizal …

Variation and tradeoffs within and among plant traits are increasingly being harnessed by
empiricists and modelers to understand and predict ecosystem processes under changing …