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sROOT - Root Trait functionality in a Whole-Plant Context
First meeting: 22.-26.10.2018
PIs:
Liesje Mommer
Alexandra Weigelt
iDiv members:
Alexandra Weigelt
Jens Kattge
Project summary:
In addition to providing anchorage, the primary function of roots is to take up belowground resources, especially nitrogen, phosphorus and water. Plants have evolved a wide range of root traits to capture these resources, and to respond to changes in their availability in space and time. However, variation in root traits across species in relation to their function for plant growth and ecosystem functioning is not well understood; largely due the fact that roots are ‘hidden’ in the soil. Currently, there is great interest in understanding the root functional diversity at a global scale, which has resulted in the compilation of a global unified root database (FRED) of 170 root traits from over 1500 unique species, and linked to ~200 environmental characteristics. sROOT aims to i) test fundamental hypotheses about the value of root trait syndromes for predicting physiological and ecological functions of roots (i.e. root economics spectrum); ii) investigate the role of mycorrhiza as integral component of a functional root trait framework iii) investigate traits covariations among plant organs, particularly leaves and roots, by linking both above- and belowground traits from the same species; iv) provide a root trait protocol handbook.
Participants:
Joana Bergmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Helge Bruelheide (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), Grégoire Freschet (CEFE-CNRS), Nathaly Guerrero Ramirez (Leipzig University), Colleen Iversen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jens Kattge (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry), Thomas Kuyper (Wageningen University), Daniel Laughlin (University of Wyoming), Ina Christin Meier (University of Goettingen), Liesje Mommer (Wageningen University), Johannes Postma (Forschungszentrum Juelich), Catherine Roumet (CNRS), Marina Semchenko (University of Manchester), Christopher Sweeney (University of Manchester ), Oscar Valverde-Barrantes (Florida International University), Fons van der Plas (Leipzig University), Jasper van Ruijven (Wageningen University), Alexandra Weigelt (Leipzig University), Larry York (Noble Research Institute)
Second meeting: 06.-10.05.2019
Participants:
Joana Bergmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Helge Bruelheide (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), Grégoire Freschet (CEFE-CNRS), Nathaly Guerrero Ramirez (Leipzig University), Colleen Iversen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas Kuyper (Wageningen University), Daniel Laughlin (University of Wyoming), Luke McCormack (The Morton Arboretum), Ina Christin Meier (University of Goettingen), Liesje Mommer (Wageningen University), Hendrik Poorter (Forschungszentrum Juelich), Catherine Roumet (CNRS), Christopher Sweeney (University of Manchester ), Oscar Valverde-Barrantes (Florida International University), Fons van der Plas (Leipzig University), Jasper van Ruijven (Wageningen University), Alexandra Weigelt (Leipzig University), Larry York (Noble Research Institute)
Third meeting: 27.-31.01.2020
Participants:
Karl Andraczek (Leipzig University), Joana Bergmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Helge Bruelheide (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), Grégoire Freschet (SETE-CNRS), Nathaly Guerrero Ramirez (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), Colleen Iversen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jens Kattge ( Max Planck Intitute for Biogeochemistry), Thomas Kuyper (Wageningen University), Daniel Laughlin (University of Wyoming), Luke McCormack (The Morton Arboretum), Ina Christin Meier (University of Goettingen), Liesje Mommer (Wageningen University), Hendrik Poorter (Forschungszentrum Juelich), Catherine Roumet (CNRS-CEFE), Francesco Sabatini (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), Christopher Sweeney (University of Manchester ), Oscar Valverde-Barrantes (Florida International University), Fons van der Plas (Leipzig University), Jasper van Ruijven (Wageningen University), Alexandra Weigelt (Leipzig University), Larry York (Noble Research Institute)
Publications:
Bergmann, J., Weigelt, A., van der Plas, F., Laughlin, D.C., Kuyper, T.W., Guerrero-Ramirez, N., Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., Bruelheide, H., Freschet, G.T., Iversen, C.M., Kattge, J., McCormack, M.L., Meier, I.C., Rillig, M.C., Roumet, C., Semchenko, M., Sweeney, C.J., van Ruijven, J., York, L.M. & Mommer, L. (2020) The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science Advances, 6, eaba3756. See here
Guerrero-Ramírez, N.R., Mommer, L., Freschet, G.T., Iversen, C.M., McCormack, M.L., Kattge, J., Poorter, H., van der Plas, F., Bergmann, J., Kuyper, T.W., York, L.M., Bruelheide, H., Laughlin, D.C., Meier, I.C., Roumet, C., Semchenko, M., Sweeney, C.J., van Ruijven, J., Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., Aubin, I., Catford, J.A., Manning, P., Martin, A., Milla, R., Minden, V., Pausas, J.G., Smith, S.W., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Ammer, C., Butterfield, B., Craine, J., Cornelissen, J.H.C., de Vries, F.T., Isaac, M.E., Kramer, K., König, C., Lamb, E.G., Onipchenko, V.G., Peñuelas, J., Reich, P.B., Rillig, M.C., Sack, L., Shipley, B., Tedersoo, L., Valladares, F., van Bodegom, P., Weigelt, P., Wright, J.P. & Weigelt, A. (2020) Global root traits (GRooT) database. Global Ecology and Biogeography. See here
Weigelt, A., Mommer, L., Andraczek, K., Iversen, C.M., Bergmann, J., Bruelheide, H., Fan, Y., Freschet, G.T., Guerrero-Ramírez, N.R., Kattge, J., Kuyper, T.W., Laughlin, D.C., Meier, I.C., van der Plas, F., Poorter, H., Roumet, C., van Ruijven, J., Sabatini, F.M., Semchenko, M., Sweeney, C.J., Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., York, L.M. and McCormack, M.L. (2021) An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective. New Phytol, 232: 42-59. See here
