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@ARTICLE{Freschet:904497,
      author       = {Freschet, Grégoire T. and Pagès, Loïc and Iversen,
                      Colleen M. and Comas, Louise H. and Rewald, Boris and
                      Roumet, Catherine and Klimešová, Jitka and Zadworny,
                      Marcin and Poorter, Hendrik and Postma, Johannes A. and
                      Adams, Thomas S. and Bagniewska-Zadworna, Agnieszka and
                      Bengough, A. Glyn and Blancaflor, Elison B. and Brunner,
                      Ivano and Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. and Garnier, Eric and
                      Gessler, Arthur and Hobbie, Sarah E. and Meier, Ina C. and
                      Mommer, Liesje and Picon-Cochard, Catherine and Rose, Laura
                      and Ryser, Peter and Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael and
                      Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. and Stokes, Alexia and Sun, Tao
                      and Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar J. and Weemstra, Monique and
                      Weigelt, Alexandra and Wurzburger, Nina and York, Larry M.
                      and Batterman, Sarah A. and Gomes de Moraes, Moemy and
                      Janeček, Štěpán and Lambers, Hans and Salmon, Verity and
                      Tharayil, Nishanth and McCormack, M. Luke},
      title        = {{A} starting guide to root ecology: strengthening
                      ecological concepts and standardising root classification,
                      sampling, processing and trait measurements},
      journal      = {The new phytologist},
      volume       = {232},
      number       = {3},
      issn         = {0028-646X},
      address      = {Oxford [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Wiley-Blackwell},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2021-06067},
      pages        = {973 - 1122},
      year         = {2021},
      abstract     = {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 and ecosystem studies has been consistently called for
                      in recent decades, but methodology is disparate and
                      sometimes inappropriate. This handbook, based on the
                      collective effort of a large team of experts, will improve
                      trait comparisons across studies and integration of
                      information across databases by providing standardised
                      methods and controlled vocabularies. It is meant to be used
                      not only as starting point by students and scientists who
                      desire working on below-ground ecosystems, but also by
                      experts for consolidating and broadening their views on
                      multiple aspects of root ecology. Beyond the classical
                      compilation of measurement protocols, we have synthesised
                      recommendations from the literature to provide key
                      background knowledge useful for: (1) defining below-ground
                      plant entities and giving keys for their meaningful
                      dissection, classification and naming beyond the classical
                      fine-root vs coarse-root approach; (2) considering the
                      specificity of root research to produce sound laboratory and
                      field data; (3) describing typical, but overlooked steps for
                      studying roots (e.g. root handling, cleaning and storage);
                      and (4) gathering metadata necessary for the interpretation
                      of results and their reuse. Most importantly, all root
                      traits have been introduced with some degree of ecological
                      context that will be a foundation for understanding their
                      ecological meaning, their typical use and uncertainties, and
                      some methodological and conceptual perspectives for future
                      research. Considering all of this, we urge readers not to
                      solely extract protocol recommendations for trait
                      measurements from this work, but to take a moment to read
                      and reflect on the extensive information contained in this
                      broader guide to root ecology, including sections I–VII
                      and the many introductions to each section and root trait
                      description. Finally, it is critical to understand that a
                      major aim of this guide is to help break down barriers
                      between the many subdisciplines of root ecology and
                      ecophysiology, broaden researchers’ views on the multiple
                      aspects of root study and create favourable conditions for
                      the inception of comprehensive experiments on the role of
                      roots in plant and ecosystem functioning.},
      cin          = {IBG-2},
      ddc          = {580},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
      pnm          = {2171 - Biological and environmental resources for
                      sustainable use (POF4-217)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2171},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:34608637},
      UT           = {WOS:000703452700004},
      doi          = {10.1111/nph.17572},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904497},
}