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Root Foraging Traits

Root Foraging Traits is a plant ecological construct that characterizes the suite of morphological, physiological, and architectural root attributes enabling plants to selectively explore and exploit nutrient- and water-rich patches in heterogeneous soil environments.

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8.1K

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481

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225

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2017–2026

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125

Linking root traits to nutrient foraging in arbuscular mycorrhizal trees in a temperate forest

David M. Eissenstat, Joshua M. Kucharski, Marcin Zadworny et al. · New Phytologist · 2015 · 385 citations

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Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors

James F. Cahill, Gordon G. McNickle, Joshua J. Haag et al. · Science · 2010 · 341 citations

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The Effects of Nutrient Availability on Foraging in the Clonal Herb Glechoma Hederacea

A. J. Slade, Michael J. Hutchings · Journal of Ecology · 1987 · 277 citations

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Complementarity in nutrient foraging strategies of absorptive fine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across 14 coexisting subtropical tree species

Bitao Liu, Hongbo Li, Biao Zhu et al. · New Phytologist · 2015 · 276 citations · Full text

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The Behavioral Ecology of Nutrient Foraging by Plants

James F. Cahill, Gordon G. McNickle · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2011 · 246 citations

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Authors

481

  1. JF
    James F. Cahill

    University of Alberta, Canada

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. GG
    Gordon G. McNickle

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    6 publications · 880 citations

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  3. JP
    Jonathan P. Lynch

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    6 publications · 768 citations

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  4. DM
    David M. Eissenstat

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    5 publications · 939 citations

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  5. RT
    Roger T. Koide

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 834 citations

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Institutions

225

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    54 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    4.7K citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    544 citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. China Agricultural University

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    486 citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    744 citations

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Venues

  1. Plant and Soil

    15 publications · 588 citations

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  2. New Phytologist

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

    11

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  3. Journal of Ecology

    9 publications · 958 citations

    9

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  4. Annals of Botany

    8 publications · 527 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Plant Science

    6 publications · 193 citations

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