| Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review M Weemstra, L Mommer, EJW Visser, J van Ruijven, TW Kuyper, ... New Phytologist 211 (4), 1159-1169, 2016 | 546 | 2016 |
| Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs GT Freschet, C Roumet, LH Comas, M Weemstra, AG Bengough, ... New Phytologist 232 (3), 1123-1158, 2021 | 376 | 2021 |
| A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas, B Rewald, C Roumet, ... New Phytologist 232 (3), 973-1122, 2021 | 319 | 2021 |
| Controls on coarse wood decay in temperate tree species: birth of the LOGLIFE experiment JHC Cornelissen, U Sass-Klaassen, L Poorter, K van Geffen, ... Ambio 41, 231-245, 2012 | 137 | 2012 |
| The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum L Mommer, M Weemstra New Phytologist 195 (4), 725-727, 2012 | 133 | 2012 |
| Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient M Weemstra, GT Freschet, A Stokes, C Roumet Functional Ecology 35 (2), 342-356, 2021 | 89 | 2021 |
| Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils M Weemstra, FJ Sterck, EJW Visser, TW Kuyper, L Goudzwaard, ... Plant and Soil 415, 175-188, 2017 | 87 | 2017 |
| The role of fine‐root mass, specific root length and life span in tree performance: a whole‐tree exploration M Weemstra, N Kiorapostolou, J van Ruijven, L Mommer, J de Vries, ... Functional Ecology 34 (3), 575-585, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| Summer droughts limit tree growth across 10 temperate species on a productive forest site M Weemstra, B Eilmann, UGW Sass-Klaassen, FJ Sterck Forest ecology and management 306, 142-149, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
| Plasticity influencing the light compensation point offsets the specialization for light niches across shrub species in a tropical forest understorey FJ Sterck, RA Duursma, RW Pearcy, F Valladares, M Cieslak, ... Journal of Ecology 101 (4), 971-980, 2013 | 63 | 2013 |
| Lithological constraints on resource economies shape the mycorrhizal composition of a Bornean rain forest M Weemstra, KG Peay, SJ Davies, M Mohamad, A Itoh, S Tan, SE Russo New Phytologist 228 (1), 253-268, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Functional ratios among leaf, xylem and phloem areas in branches change with shade tolerance, but not with local light conditions, across temperate tree species L Zhang, P Copini, M Weemstra, F Sterck New Phytologist 209 (4), 1566-1575, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| Tree growth increases through opposing above‐ground and below‐ground resource strategies M Weemstra, J Zambrano, D Allen, MN Umaña Journal of Ecology 109 (10), 3502-3512, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| Vegetation creates microenvironments that influence soil microbial activity and functional diversity along an elevation gradient D Hernández-Cáceres, A Stokes, G Angeles-Alvarez, J Abadie, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 165, 108485, 2022 | 24 | 2022 |
| Tradeoffs and synergies in tropical forest root traits and dynamics for nutrient and water acquisition: field and modeling advances DF Cusack, SD Addo-Danso, EA Agee, KM Andersen, M Arnaud, ... Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4, 704469, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Environmental variation drives the decoupling of leaf and root traits within species along an elevation gradient M Weemstra, C Roumet, N Cruz-Maldonado, F Anthelme, A Stokes, ... Annals of Botany 130 (3), 419-430, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| Incorporating belowground traits: avenues towards a whole‐tree perspective on performance M Weemstra, TW Kuyper, FJ Sterck, MN Umaña Oikos 2023 (1), e08827, 2023 | 20 | 2023 |
| Aboveground-trait variations in 11 (sub) alpine plants along a 1000-m elevation gradient in tropical Mexico N Cruz-Maldonado, M Weemstra, L Jiménez, C Roumet, G Angeles, ... Alpine Botany 131 (2), 187-200, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| A framework for fine‐root trait syndromes: syndrome coexistence may support phosphorus partitioning in tropical forests C Dallstream, M Weemstra, FM Soper Oikos 2023 (1), e08908, 2023 | 14 | 2023 |
| Shifts in soil and plant functional diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the French Alps A Stokes, G Angeles, F Anthelme, E Aranda-Delgado, I Barois, ... BMC Research Notes 14, 1-4, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
