Publications

Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro‐biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models

Daniela F Cusack, Bradley Christoffersen, Chris M Smith‐Martin, Kelly M Andersen, Amanda L Cordeiro, Katrin Fleischer, S Joseph Wright, Nathaly R Guerrero‐Ramírez, Laynara F Lugli, Lindsay A McCulloch, Mareli Sanchez‐Julia, Sarah A Batterman, Caroline Dallstream, Claire Fortunel, Laura Toro, Lucia Fuchslueger, Michelle Y Wong, Daniela Yaffar, Joshua B Fisher, Marie Arnaud, Lee H Dietterich, Shalom D Addo‐Danso, Oscar J Valverde‐Barrantes, Monique Weemstra, Jing Cheng Ng, Richard J Norby.

2024. New Phytologist

Leaf and root traits are partially coordinated but they show contrasting multi-trait-based community trait dispersion patterns in a subtropical forest

Wenqi Luo, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Monique Weemstra, James F Cahill Jr, Zi Wang, Dong He, Yongfa Chen, Chengjin Chu, Youshi Wang.

2024. Journal of Plant Ecology

Decoupling of uptake‐and transport‐related traits in absorptive roots across coexisting herbaceous species in alpine meadows

Zhi Zheng, Cong Wang, Yidi Wang, Yurui Zhang, Oscar J Valverde‐Barrantes, Wen‐Hao Zhang, Deliang Kong.

2024. Journal of Ecology

Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a central Amazonian rainforest

Nathielly P Martins, Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, Lucia Fuchslueger, Laynara F Lugli, Adriana Grandis, Florian Hofhansl, Bruno Takeshi, Gabriela Ushida, Carlos A Quesada.

2023. Oikos

Precipitation, rather than temperature drives coordination of multidimensional root traits with ectomycorrhizal fungi in alpine coniferous forests

Junxiang Ding, Huajun Yin, Deliang Kong, Qing Liu, Ziliang Zhang, Qitong Wang, Wanji Guo, Oscar J Valverde‐Barrantes, Junjian Wang, Zhanfeng Liu.

2023. Journal of Ecology

The importance of trait selection in ecology

Alexandra Weigelt, Liesje Mommer, Karl Andraczek, Colleen M Iversen, Joana Bergmann, Helge Bruelheide, Grégoire T Freschet, Nathaly R Guerrero-Ramírez, Jens Kattge, Thom W Kuyper, Daniel C Laughlin, Ina C Meier, Fons van der Plas, Hendrik Poorter, Catherine Roumet, Jasper van Ruijven, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Marina Semchenko, Christopher J Sweeney, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Larry M York, M Luke McCormack.

2023. Nature

Root‐associated fungal communities are influenced more by soils than by plant‐host root traits in a Chinese tropical forest

J Aaron Hogan, Michelle A Jusino, Matthew E Smith, Adriana Corrales, Xiaoyang Song, Yue‐hua Hu, Jie Yang, Min Cao, Oscar J Valverde‐Barrantes, Christopher Baraloto.

2023. New Phytologist

Weak phylogenetic and habitat effects on root trait variation of 218 Neotropical tree species

Monique Weemstra, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Claire Fortunel, Erick M Oblitas Mendoza, Eduardo Prata, Magno Vásquez Pilco, Alberto Vicentini, Jason Vleminckx, Christopher Baraloto.

2023. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Tree age and root order affect the adaptation of fine roots to the surrounding environment: a case study of Pinus koraiensis

Yu Qin, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Yueyuan Shi, Guangze Jin, Zhili Liu.

2023. Preprint

Functional variability in specific root respiration translates to autotrophic differences in soil respiration in a temperate deciduous forest

J Aaron Hogan, Jessy L Labbé, Alyssa A Carrell, Jennifer Franklin, Kevin P Hoyt, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Christopher Baraloto, Jeffrey M Warren.

2023. Geoderma

Corrigendum (vol 234, pg 1639, 2022)

Gregoire T Freschet, Xiaoli Fu, James Aaron Hogan, Liang Kou, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Ruili Wang, Han Yan.

2023. New Phytologist

Seasonal fluctuations of extracellular enzyme activities are related to the biogeochemical cycling of C, N and P in a tropical terra-firme forest

Karst J Schaap, Lucia Fuchslueger, Carlos Alberto Quesada, Florian Hofhansl, Oscar Valverde-Barrantes, Plínio B Camargo, Marcel R Hoosbeek.

2023. Biogeochemistry

Multiple factors co-limit short-term in situ soil carbon dioxide emissions

James W Raich, Mark S Kaiser, Mathew E Dornbush, Jonathan G Martin, OJ Valverde-Barrantes.

2023. Plos one

Precipitation, rather than temperature drives coordination of multidimensional root traits with ectomycorrhizal fungi in alpine coniferous forests

Junxiang Ding, Huajun Yin, Deliang Kong, Qing Liu, Ziliang Zhang, Qitong Wang, Wanji Guo, Oscar J Valverde‐Barrantes, Junjian Wang, Zhanfeng Liu.

2023. Journal of Ecology

Publications

Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro‐biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models

Leaf and root traits are partially coordinated but they show contrasting multi-trait-based community trait dispersion patterns in a subtropical forest

Decoupling of uptake‐and transport‐related traits in absorptive roots across coexisting herbaceous species in alpine meadows

Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a central Amazonian rainforest

Precipitation, rather than temperature drives coordination of multidimensional root traits with ectomycorrhizal fungi in alpine coniferous forests

The importance of trait selection in ecology

Root‐associated fungal communities are influenced more by soils than by plant‐host root traits in a Chinese tropical forest

Weak phylogenetic and habitat effects on root trait variation of 218 Neotropical tree species

Tree age and root order affect the adaptation of fine roots to the surrounding environment: a case study of Pinus koraiensis

Functional variability in specific root respiration translates to autotrophic differences in soil respiration in a temperate deciduous forest

Corrigendum (vol 234, pg 1639, 2022)

Seasonal fluctuations of extracellular enzyme activities are related to the biogeochemical cycling of C, N and P in a tropical terra-firme forest

Multiple factors co-limit short-term in situ soil carbon dioxide emissions

Precipitation, rather than temperature drives coordination of multidimensional root traits with ectomycorrhizal fungi in alpine coniferous forests

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