Journal articles:
2023
Barceló M, van Bodegom PM, Soudzilovskaia NA. 2023. Fine-resolution global maps of root biomass carbon colonized by arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Scientific Data 10: 56.
Feng X, Zhao W, Yang Q, Zhou H. 2023. Decoupling of tree height and root depth across the globe and the implications for tree mortality during drought events. Ecological Indicators 147: 109944.
Rutten G, Allan E. 2023. Using root economics traits to predict biotic plant soil-feedbacks. Plant & Soil 485: 71–89.
Stiblíková P, Klimeš A, Cahill JF, Koubek T, Weiser M. 2023. Interspecific differences in root foraging precision cannot be directly inferred from species' mycorrhizal status or fine root economics. Oikos 1: e08995.
Wang B, McCormack ML, Ricciuto DM, Yang X, Iversen CM. 2023. Embracing fine-root system complexity in terrestrial ecosystem modeling. Global Change Biology 29: 2871-2885.
Wang S, Wang W, Gu J, Li Z, Wang Y, Yang L. 2023. Lianas have a faster resource acquisition strategy than trees: Below-ground evidence from root traits, phylogeny and the root economics space. Journal of Ecology 111: 436-448.
Weigelt A, Mommer L, Andraczek K, Iversen CM, Bergmann J, Bruelheide H, Freschet GT, Guerrero-Ramírez NR, Kattge J, Kuyper TW, Laughlin DC, Meier IC, van der Plas F, Poorter H, Roumet C, van Ruijven J, Sabatini FM, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, York LM, McCormack ML. 2023. Matters Arising: The importance of trait selection in ecology. Nature, in press.
You C, Li J, Yang K, Tan B, Yin R, Li H, Zhang L, Cui X, Liu S, Wang L, Liu Y. 2023. Variations and patterns of C and N stoichiometry in the first five root branch orders across 218 woody plant species. New Phytologist 238: 1838-1848.
Zhang Y, Cao J-J, Yang Q-P, Wu M-Z, Zhao Y, Kong D-L. 2023. The worldwide allometric relationship in anatomical structures for plant roots. Plant Diversity, online early.
2022
An, N, Lu, N, Fu, B, Chen, W, Keyimu, M, & Wang, M. 2022. Evidence of Differences in Covariation Among Root Traits Across Plant Growth Forms, Mycorrhizal Types, and Biomes. Frontiers in Plant Science 12.
Augusto, L, Boča, A. 2022. Tree functional traits, forest biomass, and tree species diversity interact with site properties to drive forest soil carbon. Nature Communications 13: 1097.
Doraisami M, Kish R, Paroshy NJ, Domke GM, Thomas SC, Martin AR. 2022. A global database of woody tissue carbon concentrations. Scientific Data 9: 284.
Hauser E, Sullivan PL, Flores AN, Hirmas D, Billings SA. 2022. Global-scale shifts in rooting depths due to anthropocene land cover changes pose unexamined consequences for critical zone functioning. Earth's Future 10: e2022EF002897.
Wang Z, Gong H, Sardans J, Zhou Q, Deng J, Niklas KJ, Hu H, Li Y, Ma Z, Mipam TD, Peñuelas J. 2022. Divergent nitrogen and phosphorus allocation strategies in terrestrial plant leaves and fine roots: A global meta-analysis. Journal of Ecology 110: 2745-2758.
Yan H, Freschet GT, Wang H, Hogan JA, Li S, Valverde‐Barrantes OJ, Fu X, Wang R, Dai X, Jiang L, Meng S, Yang F, Zhang M, Kou L. 2022. Mycorrhizal symbiosis pathway and edaphic fertility frame root economics space among tree species. New Phytologist 234: 1639-1653.
2021
Boonman CC, Santini L, Robroek BJ, Hoeks S, Kelderman S, Dengler J, Bergamini A, Biurrun I, Carranza ML, Cerabolini BE, Chytrý M, Jandt U, Lysenko T, Stanisci A, Tatarenko I, Rūsiņa S, Huijbregts MAJ. 2021. Plant functional and taxonomic diversity in European grasslands along climatic gradients. Journal of Vegetation Science 32: e13027.
Carmona CP, Bueno CG, Toussaint A, Träger S, Díaz S, Moora M, Munson AD, Pärtel M, Zobel M, Tamme R. 2021. Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature 597: 683-687.
Freschet GT, Roumet C, Comas LH, Weemstra M, Bengough AG, Rewald B, Bardgett RD, De Deyn GB, Johnson D, Klimešová J, Lukac M, McCormack ML, Meier IC, Pagès L, Poorter H, Prieto I, Wurzburger N, Zadworny M, Bagniewska-Zadworna A, Blancaflor EB, Brunner I, Gessler A, Hobbie SE, Iversen CM, Mommer L, Picon-Cochard C, Postma JA, Rose L, Ryser P, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Soudzilovskaia NA, Sun T, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Weigelt A, York LM, Stokes A. 2021. Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs. New Phytologist 232: 1123-1158.
Gao J, Zhou M, Shao J, Zhou G, Liu R, Zhou L, Liu H, He Y, Chen Y, Zhou X. 2021. Fine root trait-function relationships affected by mycorrhizal type and climate. Geoderma 394: 115011.
Guerrero-Ramírez N, Mommer L, Freschet GT, Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Kattge J, Poorter H, van der Plas F, Bergmann J, Kuyper TW, York LM, Bruehlheide H, Laughlin DC, Meier IC, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, van Ruijven J, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Aubin I, Catford JA, Manning P, Martin A, Milla R, Minden V, Pausas JG, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Ammer C, Butterfield B, Craine JM, Cornelissen JHC, de Vries F, Hickler T, Isaac ME, Kramer K, König C, Lamb E, Medlyn B, Onipchenko VG, Read Q, Reich PB, Rillig MC, Sack L, Shipley B, Tedersoo L, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Weigelt P, Wright J, Weigelt A. 2021. Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 25 - 37.
Isaac ME, Nimmo V, Gaudin AC, Leptin A, Schmidt JE, Kallenbach CM, Martin A, Entz M, Carkner M, Rajcan I, Boyle TD, Lu X. 2021. Crop domestication, root trait syndromes, and soil nutrient acquisition in organic agroecosystems: A systematic review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5.
Iversen CM, McCormack ML. 2021. Filling gaps in our understanding of belowground plant traits across the world: An introduction to a Virtual Issue. New Phytologist 231: 2097 - 2103. This is an introduction to a Virtual Special Issue that highlights new belowground understanding gained from more than 40 awesome papers published in New Phytologist over just the last 2 years!
Laughlin DC, Mommer L, Sabatini FM, Bruelheide H, Kuyper TW, McCormack ML, Bergmann J, Freschet GT, Guerrero-Ramírez NR, Iversen CM, Kattge J, Meier IC, Poorter H, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, van der Plas F, van Ruijven J, York LM, Aubin I, Burge OR, Byun C, Ćušterevska R, Dengler J, Forey E, Guerin GR, Herault B, Jackson RB, Karger DN, Lenoir J, Lysenko T, Meir P, Niinemets U, Ozinga WA, Peñuelas J, Reich PB, Schmidt M, Schrodt F, Velázquez E, Weigelt A. 2021. Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5: 1123 - 1134.
Weigelt A, Mommer L, Andraczek K, Iversen CM, Bergmann J, Bruelheide H, Fan Y, Freschet GT, Guerrero-Ramírez NR, Kattge J, Kuyper TW, Laughlin DC, Meier IC, van der Plas F, Poorter H, Roumet C, van Ruijven J, Sabatini FM, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, York LM, McCormack ML. 2021. An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective. New Phytologist 232: 42-59.
2020
Bergman J, Weigelt A, van der Plas F, Laughlin DC, Kuyper TW, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Bruelheide H, Freschet GT, Iversen CM, Kattge J, McCormack ML, Meier IC, Rillig MC, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, van Ruijven J, York LM, Mommer L. 2020. The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science Advances 6: eaba3756.
Gallagher RV, Falster DS, Maitner BS, Salguero-Gómez R, Vandvik V, Pearse WD, Schneider FD, Kattge J, Poelen JH, Madin JS, Ankenbrand M, Penone C, Feng X, Adams VM, Alroy J, Andrew SC, Balk M, Bland LM, Boyle BL, Bravo-Avila CH, Brennan I, Carthey AJR, Catullo R, Cavazos BR, Conde DA, Chown SL, Fadrique B, Gibb H, Halbritter AH, Hammock J, Hogan JA, Holewa H, Hope M, Iversen CM, Jochum M, Kearney M, Keller A, Mabee P, Manning P, McCormack L, Michaletz ST, Park DS, Perez TM, Pineda-Munoz S, Ray CA, Rossetto M, Sauquet H, Sparrow B, Spasojevic MJ, Telford RJ, Tobias JA, Violle C, Walls R, Weiss KCB, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Enquist BJ. 2020. Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 292-303.
Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Tautenhahn S, Werner GDA … 700+ co-authors … Wirth C. 2020. TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119 - 188.
Yaffar D, Norby RJ. 2020. A historical and comparative review of 50 years of root data collection in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 52: 563 - 576.
Zhu Q, Riley WJ, Iversen CM, Kattge J. 2020. Assessing impacts of plant stoichiometric traits on terrestrial ecosystem carbon accumulation using the E3SM land model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12: e2019MS001841.
2019
Averill C, Bhatnagar JM, Dietze MC, Pearse WD, Kivlin SN. 2019. Global imprint of mycorrhizal fungi on whole-plant nutrient economics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116: 23163 - 23168.
Caplan JS, Meiners SJ, Flores‐Moreno H, McCormack ML. 2019. Fine‐root traits are linked to species dynamics in a successional plant community. Ecology 100: e02588.
Caplan JS, Giménez D, Hirmas DR, Brunsell NA, Blair JM, Knapp AK. 2019. Decadal-scale shifts in soil hydraulic properties as induced by altered precipitation. Science Advances 5: eaau6635.
Cha J-Y, Cha YK, Oh N-H. 2019. The effects of tree species on soil organic carbon content in South Korea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124: 708 - 716.
Kong D, Wang J, Wu H, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Wang R, Zeng H, Kardol P, Zhang H, Feng Y. 2019. Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum. Nature Communications 10: 2203.
Liese R, Leuschner C, Meier IC. 2019. The effect of drought and season on root life span in temperate arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal tree species. Journal of Ecology 107: 2226 - 2239.
Malhotra A, Todd-Brown K, Nave LE, Batjes NH, Holmquist JR, Hoyt AM, Iversen CM, Jackson RB, Lajtha K, Lawrence C, Vindušková O, Wieder W, Williams M, Hugelius G, Harden J. 2019. The landscape of soil carbon data: emerging questions, synergies and databases. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 43: 707 - 719.
McCormack ML, Iversen CM. 2019. Physical and functional constraints on viable belowground acquisition strategies. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 1215.
See CR, McCormack ML, Hobbie SE, Flores‐Moreno H, Silver WL, Kennedy PG. 2019. Global patterns in fine root decomposition: climate, chemistry, mycorrhizal association and woodiness. Ecology Letters 22: 946-953.
Wang Z, Yu K, Lv S, Niklas KJ, Mipam TD, Crowther TW, Umaña MN, Zhao Q, Huang H, Reich PB. 2019. The scaling of fine root nitrogen versus phosphorus in terrestrial plants: A global synthesis. Functional Ecology 33: 2081 - 2094.
2018
Perez TM, Valverde-Barrantes O, Bravo C, Taylor TC, Fadrique B, Hogan JA, Pardo CJ, Stroud JT, Baraloto C, Feeley KJ. 2018. Botanic gardens are an untapped resource for studying the functional ecology of tropical plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374: 20170390.
2017
Freschet GT, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Tucker CM, Craine JM, McCormack ML, Violle C, Fort F, Blackwood CB, Urban-Mead KR, Iversen CM, Bonis A, Comas LH, Cornelissen JHC, Dong M, Guo D, Hobbie SE, Holdaway RJ, Kembel SW, Makita N, Onipchenko VG, Picon-Cochard C, Reich PB, de la Riva EG, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Tjoelker MG, Wardle DA, Roumet C. 2017. Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation. Journal of Ecology 105: 1182-1196.
Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Powell AS, Blackwood CB, Freschet GT, Kattge J, Roumet C, Stover DB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, van Bodegom PM, Violle C. 2017. Viewpoints: A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address belowground challenges in plant ecology. New Phytologist 215: 15-26.
McCormack ML, Guo D, Iversen CM, Chen W, Eissenstat DM, Fernandez CW, Li L, Ma C, Ma Z, Poorter H, Reich PB, Zadworny M, Zanne A. 2017. Viewpoints: Building a better foundation: Improving root-trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes. New Phytologist 215: 27-37.
Norby RJ, Iversen CM. 2017. Introduction to a Virtual Issue on root traits. New Phytologist 215: 5-8.
Xu Y, Wang D, Iversen CM, Walker A, Warren J. 2017. Building a virtual ecosystem dynamic model for root research. Environmental Modelling & Software 89: 97-105.
Data sets:
2021
Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Baer JK, Powell AS, Chen W, Collins C, Fan Y, Fanin N, Freschet GT, Guo D, Hogan JA, Kou L, Laughlin DC, Lavely E, Liese R, Lin D, Meier IC, Montagnoli A, Roumet C, See CR, Soper F, Terzaghi M, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Wang C, Wright SJ, Wurzburger N, Zadworny M. 2021. Fine-Root Ecology Database (FRED): A Global Collection of Root Trait Data with Coincident Site, Vegetation, Edaphic, and Climatic Data, Version 3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TES SFA, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. Access on-line at: https://doi.org/10.25581/ornlsfa.014/1459186.
2018
Iversen CM, Powell AS, McCormack ML, Blackwood CB, Freschet GT, Kattge J, Roumet C, Stover DB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, van Bodegom PM, Violle C. 2018. Fine-Root Ecology Database ( FRED): A Global Collection of Root Trait Data with Coincident Site, Vegetation, Edaphic, and Climatic Data, Version 2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TES SFA, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. Access on-line at: https://doi.org/10.25581/ornlsfa.012/1417481
2016
Iversen CM, Powell AS, McCormack ML, Blackwood CB, Freschet GT, Kattge J, Roumet C, Stover DB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, van Bodegom PM, Violle C. 2016. Fine-Root Ecology Database (FRED): A Global Collection of Root Trait Data with Coincident Site, Vegetation, Edaphic, and Climatic Data, Version 1. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. Access on-line at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/ornlsfa.005.