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Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination - Nature PlantsIn this study, Yang et al. compile a global dataset to uncover the degree to which plants coordinate root and seed traits. They report a global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.

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Integrating belowground recovery into tropical forest restoration design and monitoring

Laura Toro, Leland K Werden, Shalom D Addo-Danso, Kelly M Andersen, Sarah Batterman, Matilde M Bragadini, Pooja Choksi, Rebecca J Cole, Liza S Comita, Daniela Cusack, Daisy H Dent, Lee H Dietterich, Joshua B Fisher, Katrin Fleischer, Lucia Fuchslueger, Nohemi Huanca-Nunez, Janey R Lienau, Lindsay A McCulloch, Ember M Morrissey, Jennifer S Powers, Mareli Sánchez-Juliá, Oscar Valverde-Barrantes, Anita Weissflog, Michelle Y Wong.

2025. BioScience

TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments

Amanda L Cordeiro, Daniela F Cusack, Nathaly Guerrero‐Ramírez, Richard J Norby, Laura Toro, Michelle Y Wong, S Joseph Wright, Kristine Grace M Cabugao, Kelly M Andersen, Lucia Fuchslueger, Colleen M Iversen, Fiona Soper, Om Prakash Ghimire, Laynara F Lugli, Ana Caroline Miron, Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, Marie Arnaud, Sarah A Batterman, Lee H Dietterich, Ming Yang Lee, Monique Weemstra, Daniela Yaffar, Shalom D Addo‐Danso, Kerstin Pierick, Ryan Bridges, Carina Easton, Isabella Felsing, Nathan B Gonçalves, Riley Krudop, Mason R McKinzie, Julia Perbohner, Alejandra N Pozzoli‐Oropeza, Mirna Samaniego, Alex W Smilor, Ilana S Vargas, Layna Webb, Jennifer S Powers, M Luke McCormack.

2025. Ecology

Divergent leaf–root coordination between mangroves and non-mangroves

Huifang Wu, Qingpei Yang, Jing Chen, Mingzhen Lu, Weizheng Ren, Yanmei Xiong, Yuxin Pei, Preetika B Chand, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Jingjing Cao, Deliang Kong.

2025. Journal of Plant Ecology

Rainfall seasonality shapes belowground root trait dynamics in an Amazonian tropical rainforest: A test of the stress‐dominance hypothesis

Oscar J Valverde‐Barrantes, Laynara F Lugli, Lucia Fuchslueger, Florian Hofhansl, Nathielly Martins, Amanda L Cordeiro, Karst Schapp, Kelly M Anderson, Sabrina Garcia, Adriana Grandis, Carol A Miron, Katrin Fleisher, Marcel R Hoosbeek, Ian P Hartley, Erick Oblitas Mendoza, David Lapola, Carlos A Quesada.

2025. Functional Ecology

Tree age affects key fine root morphological traits but does not interfere strongly with (ecto-) mycorrhizal traits

Yu Qin, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Guangze Jin, Zhili Liu, Grégoire T Freschet.

2025. Annals of Botany

Intra‐annual dynamics of soil and microbial C, N, and P pools in a Central Amazon Terra Firme forest

Karst J Schaap, Lucia Fuchslueger, Florian Hofhansl, Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, Carlos Alberto Quesada, Marcel R Hoosbeek.

2024. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Unique belowground ecological strategies of subtropical and tropical plant species expand the root trait space

Nathaly R Guerrero-Ramírez, Monique Weemstra, Shalom D Addo-Danso, Kelly Andersen, Marie Arnaud, Amanda L Cordeiro, Daniela F Cusack, Martyna M Kotowska, Ming Yang Lee, Celine Leroy, Laynara F Lugli, Kerstin Pierick, Chris M Smith-Martin, Laura Toro, Maria Natalia Umana, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Michelle Wong, Claire Fortunel.

2024. bioRxiv

Exploring symbiotic legume-rhizobia relationships across tropical species

Keilor Rojas-Jimenez, Jéssica Morera-Huertas, Marianne de Bedout, Beatriz Rivera, Andrés Zúñiga, Jose A Molina-Mora, Laura Solís-Ramos, Mario A Blanco, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes.

2024. bioRxiv

Molecular-level carbon traits underlie the multidimensional fine root economics space

Mengke Wang, Deliang Kong, Xiaohan Mo, Yinghui Wang, Qingpei Yang, Paul Kardol, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Myrna J Simpson, Hui Zeng, Peter B Reich, Joana Bergmann, Nishanth Tharayil, Junjian Wang.

2024. Nature plants

Linking fine root lifespan to root chemical and morphological traits—A global analysis

Jiawen Hou, M Luke McCormack, Peter B Reich, Tao Sun, Richard P Phillips, Hans Lambers, Han YH Chen, Yiyang Ding, Louise H Comas, Oscar J Valverde-Barrantes, Emily F Solly, Gregoire T Freschet.

2024. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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

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