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Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions by Freschet, Grégoire T., Roumet, Catherine

“…Summary Roots vary in anatomy, morphology and physiology, both spatially (different parts of the same root system) and temporally (plastic changes, root…”
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Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient by Weemstra, Monique, Freschet, Grégoire T., Stokes, Alexia, Roumet, Catherine, Sayer, Emma

“…Intraspecific trait variation is an important driver of plant performance in different environments. Although roots acquire essential resources that vary with…”
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Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above‐ and below‐ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction by Freschet, Grégoire T, Swart, Elferra M, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C

“…Plants adapt phenotypically to different conditions of light and nutrient supply, supposedly in order to achieve colimitation of these resources. Their key…”
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Allocation, morphology, physiology, architecture: the multiple facets of plant above- and below-ground responses to resource stress by Freschet, Grégoire T., Violle, Cyrille, Bourget, Malo Y., Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, Fort, Florian

“…Plants respond to resource stress by changing multiple aspects of their biomass allocation, morphology, physiology and architecture. To date, we lack an…”
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A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability by Freschet, Grégoire T., Aerts, Rien, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

“…1. Recent evidence indicates tight control of plant resource economics over interspecific trait variation amongst species, both within and across organs,…”
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Multiple facets of diversity effects on plant productivity: Species richness, functional diversity, species identity and intraspecific competition by Mahaut, Lucie, Fort, Florian, Violle, Cyrille, Freschet, Grégoire T., Spasojevic, Marko

“…Deciphering the mechanisms that drive variation in biomass production across plant communities of contrasting species composition and diversity is a main…”
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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 by Valverde‐Barrantes, Oscar J., Freschet, Grégoire T., Roumet, Catherine, Blackwood, Christopher B.

“…Fine-root traits play key roles in ecosystem processes, but the drivers of fine-root trait diversity remain poorly understood. The plant economic spectrum…”
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Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient by Kichenin, Emilie, Wardle, David A., Peltzer, Duane A., Morse, Chris W., Freschet, Grégoire T.

“…1. Despite widespread focus on interspecific variation in trait-based ecology, there is growing evidence that intraspecific trait variability can play a…”
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Plant ecological indicator values as predictors of fine‐root trait variations by Fort, Florian, Freschet, Grégoire T., Kroon, Hans

“…Fine roots play key roles in the capacity of plants to face environmental constraints and their traits reflect adaptations to the environment, including soil…”
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Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide by Freschet, Grégoire T., Cornwell, William K., Wardle, David A., Elumeeva, Tatyana G., Liu, Wendan, Jackson, Benjamin G., Onipchenko, Vladimir G., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Tao, Jianping, Cornelissen, Johannes H.C.

“…1. Conceptual frameworks relating plant traits to ecosystem processes such as organic matter dynamics are progressively moving from a leaf-centred to a…”
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A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology by Iversen, Colleen M., McCormack, M. Luke, Powell, A. Shafer, Blackwood, Christopher B., Freschet, Grégoire T., Kattge, Jens, Roumet, Catherine, Stover, Daniel B., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Valverde‐Barrantes, Oscar J., Bodegom, Peter M., Violle, Cyrille

“…Summary Variation and tradeoffs within and among plant traits are increasingly being harnessed by empiricists and modelers to understand and predict ecosystem…”
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Litter quality and environmental controls of home-field advantage effects on litter decomposition by Veen, G. F. (Ciska), Freschet, Grégoire T., Ordonez, Alejandro, Wardle, David A.

“…The ‘home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis’ predicts that plant litter is decomposed faster than expected in the vicinity of the plant where it originates from…”
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Multiple mechanisms for trait effects on litter decomposition: moving beyond home‐field advantage with a new hypothesis by Freschet, Grégoire T., Aerts, Rien, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

“…1. Evidence is growing that leaf litter generally decomposes faster than expected in its environment of origin, owing to specialization of litter and topsoil…”
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Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems by Liu, Guofang, Freschet, Grégoire T., Pan, Xu, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Li, Yan, Dong, Ming

“…Variation in plant functional traits is the product of evolutionary and environmental drivers operating at different scales. Little is known about whether, or…”
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Explaining within‐community variation in plant biomass allocation: a balance between organ biomass and morphology above vs below ground? by Freschet, Grégoire T, Kichenin, Emilie, Wardle, David A, Bello, Francesco

“…QUESTIONS: It remains unresolved why, despite the obvious functional importance of leaves and roots, co‐existing plant species can display highly contrasting…”
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Evidence of the 'Plant Economics Spectrum' in a Subarctic Flora by Freschet, Grégoire T., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., van Logtestijn, Richard S. P., Aerts, Rien

“…1. A fundamental trade-off among vascular plants between traits inferring rapid resource acquisition and those leading to conservation of resources has now…”
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Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition by Freschet, Grégoire T., Weedon, James T., Aerts, Rien, van Hal, Jurgen R., Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

“…1. While the importance of wood decay for the global carbon balance is widely recognized, surprisingly little is known about its long-term dynamics and its…”
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Tree species mixing reduces biomass but increases length of absorptive fine roots in European forests by Wambsganss, Janna, Beyer, Friderike, Freschet, Grégoire T., Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, Bauhus, Jürgen

“…Mixed‐species forests often enhance the provision of ecosystem functions, both above‐ and below‐ground. Several of these effects are mediated by the amount and…”
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Tree Diversity, Initial Litter Quality, and Site Conditions Drive Early-Stage Fine-Root Decomposition in European Forests by Wambsganss, Janna, Freschet, Grégoire T., Beyer, Friderike, Bauhus, Jürgen, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael

“…Decomposition of dead fine roots contributes significantly to nutrient cycling and soil organic matter stabilization. Most knowledge of tree fine-root…”
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A trait-based root acquisition-defence-decomposition framework in angiosperm tree species by Zheng, Jiajia, Freschet, Grégoire T., Tedersoo, Leho, Li, Shenggong, Yan, Han, Jiang, Lei, Wang, Huimin, Ma, Ning, Dai, Xiaoqin, Fu, Xiaoli, Kou, Liang

“…To adapt to the complex belowground environment, plants make trade-offs between root resource acquisition and defence ability. This includes forming…”
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