A starting guide to root ecology strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 232; no. 3; pp. 973 - 1122
• Main Authors: Freschet, Grégoire T., Pagès, Loïc, Iversen, Colleen M., Comas, Louise H., Rewald, Boris, Roumet, Catherine, Klimešová, Jitka, Zadworny, Marcin, Poorter, Hendrik, Postma, Johannes A., Adams, Thomas S., Bagniewska-Zadworna, Agnieszka, Bengough, A. Glyn, Blancaflor, Elison B., Brunner, Ivano, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C., Garnier, Eric, Gessler, Arthur, Hobbie, Sarah E., Meier, Ina C., Mommer, Liesje, Picon-Cochard, Catherine, Rose, Laura, Ryser, Peter, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Stokes, Alexia, Sun, Tao, Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar J., Weemstra, Monique, Weigelt, Alexandra, Wurzburger, Nina, York, Larry M., Batterman, Sarah A., de Moraes, Moemy Gomes, Janeček, Štěpán, Lambers, Hans, Salmon, Verity, Tharayil, Nishanth, McCormack, M. Luke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.11.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; below-ground ecology; Classification; Cleaning; Community Resources; Context; Databases, Factual; dissection; Ecological function; Ecologists; Ecology; Ecophysiology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem studies; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Environmental Sciences; Experts; fine roots; Forum; handbook; metadata; Phenotype; plant root functions; Plant roots; Plants; protocol; root classification; root ecology; root traits; Roots; Specificity; Storage; trait measurements; root ecology; protocol; root traits; trait measurements; handbook; plant root functions; root classification; below-ground ecology; Below-ground ecology; Plant root functions; Trait measurements; Root traits; Protocol; Root ecology; Handbook; Root classification

In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep on generating cutting-edge, meaningful and integrated knowledge. Consideration of the below-ground components in plant...