A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 215; no. 1; pp. 15 - 26
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England New Phytologist Trust 01.07.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Assessments; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biosphere; Data; Databases, Factual; Ecological function; Ecology; Ecology - methods; Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Environment models; Environmental changes; Environmental conditions; environmental factors; Environmental gradient; Evolution; fine roots; Fine‐Root Ecology Database (FRED); FRED; functional traits; Gradients; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION; Leaves; mycorrhiza; Plant ecology; Plant Roots - anatomy & histology; Plant Roots - physiology; Rhizopolis; Roots; space and time; terrestrial biosphere models; Tradeoffs; Viewpoints; Wood; terrestrial biosphere models; database; fine roots; functional traits; Fine-Root Ecology Database (FRED)

Summary Variation and tradeoffs within and among plant traits are increasingly being harnessed by empiricists and modelers to understand and predict ecosystem processes under changing environmental conditions. While fine roots play an important role in ecosystem functioning, fine‐root traits are und...