Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)
@tropiroot.bsky.social
We are a group of scientists unraveling the secrets of the tropical roots. Our method: compile, integrate and discuss root data. Please join us through this link. https://tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait/index.html
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🆕 Our #LatestIssue is online now!
📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137...
Highlights include:
🌱 #Lithium in #plants
🌱 Coordination of cortex modifications
🌱 Unlocking grass #leaf development
#PlantScience
📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137...
Highlights include:
🌱 #Lithium in #plants
🌱 Coordination of cortex modifications
🌱 Unlocking grass #leaf development
#PlantScience
New Phytologist: Vol 248, No 4
New Phytologist is an international journal owned by the New Phytologist Foundation publishing original research in plant science and its applications.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🆕 Our #LatestIssue is online now!
📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137...
Highlights include:
🌱 #Lithium in #plants
🌱 Coordination of cortex modifications
🌱 Unlocking grass #leaf development
#PlantScience
📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137...
Highlights include:
🌱 #Lithium in #plants
🌱 Coordination of cortex modifications
🌱 Unlocking grass #leaf development
#PlantScience
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We are gathering momentum for @tropiroot.bsky.social activities. It’s an exciting time to join us if you’re interested in root traits in the tropics! 🌴🌳🌵🌱🌾
🌱 Great energy at our TropiRoot Fall 2025 meeting!
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We are gathering momentum for @tropiroot.bsky.social activities. It’s an exciting time to join us if you’re interested in root traits in the tropics! 🌴🌳🌵🌱🌾
🌱 Great energy at our TropiRoot Fall 2025 meeting!
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
October 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🌱 Great energy at our TropiRoot Fall 2025 meeting!
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
Had a wonderful talk and discussions on several ongoing synthesis projects, data initiatives and new ideas for collaborative work on below ground dynamics!
👇 Read more and join us:
🔗 tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTrait
#TropiRoots #Roots
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Check out our new publication! bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
This was a cool collaboration between modellers and field experimentalists where we implemented root traits and mycorrhizal fungi into a dynamic vegetation model. Led by the awesome Mateus Dantas de Paula! @tropiroot.bsky.social
This was a cool collaboration between modellers and field experimentalists where we implemented root traits and mycorrhizal fungi into a dynamic vegetation model. Led by the awesome Mateus Dantas de Paula! @tropiroot.bsky.social
The fungal collaboration gradient drives root trait distribution and ecosystem processes in a tropical montane forest
Abstract. Plant roots have a large diversity of form and function, which is also related to their degree of mycorrhizal association. This is known as the fungal collaboration gradient, where thinner r...
bg.copernicus.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Check out our new publication! bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
This was a cool collaboration between modellers and field experimentalists where we implemented root traits and mycorrhizal fungi into a dynamic vegetation model. Led by the awesome Mateus Dantas de Paula! @tropiroot.bsky.social
This was a cool collaboration between modellers and field experimentalists where we implemented root traits and mycorrhizal fungi into a dynamic vegetation model. Led by the awesome Mateus Dantas de Paula! @tropiroot.bsky.social
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#NExTropics symposia at #ATBC2025 find out the latest from nutrient addition experiments from across the tropics
See you in Oaxaca next week for the 61ˢᵗ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Check out our symposium on nutrient addition experiments across tropical forestshttps://www.atbc2025.org/symposia/s-75 @kmander7.bsky.social
Nutrient addition EXperiments in TROPICal Forests (NEXTropics): Synthesizing nutrient limitations across the tropics | ATBC2025
www.atbc2025.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
#NExTropics symposia at #ATBC2025 find out the latest from nutrient addition experiments from across the tropics
We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative".
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
May 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative".
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology
www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...
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Shout-out to Hans Reijnen for beautiful footage of the @gdfcf.bsky.social, and the EduMedia department @w-u-r.bsky.social who did an amazing job creating a virtual tropical soil environment! Feel free to use to inspire your students! #ecology #roots #tropicalforest #costarica #tdf
Please delight yourselves in the magic of belowground research! wur.yuja.com/V/Video?v=89... Amazing video produced by the team of @moniqueweemstra.bsky.social from Wageningen University
Riddles in the Dark
In the dense and biodiverse San Emilio ForestGEO plot of Costa Rica, every tree tells a story. Not just above ground, but deep below the surface. Discover how different trees adapt to their environmen...
wur.yuja.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Shout-out to Hans Reijnen for beautiful footage of the @gdfcf.bsky.social, and the EduMedia department @w-u-r.bsky.social who did an amazing job creating a virtual tropical soil environment! Feel free to use to inspire your students! #ecology #roots #tropicalforest #costarica #tdf
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Please delight yourselves in the magic of belowground research! wur.yuja.com/V/Video?v=89... Amazing video produced by the team of @moniqueweemstra.bsky.social from Wageningen University
Riddles in the Dark
In the dense and biodiverse San Emilio ForestGEO plot of Costa Rica, every tree tells a story. Not just above ground, but deep below the surface. Discover how different trees adapt to their environmen...
wur.yuja.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Please delight yourselves in the magic of belowground research! wur.yuja.com/V/Video?v=89... Amazing video produced by the team of @moniqueweemstra.bsky.social from Wageningen University
TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots
May 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots
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A new Data Paper in "Ecology"👇
🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots
TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...
doi.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A new Data Paper in "Ecology"👇
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Brandnew out in Ecology, led by @tropiroot.bsky.social member Amanda Longhi!
The TropirRoot root trait database 1.0!!!
The TropirRoot root trait database 1.0!!!
🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots
TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Brandnew out in Ecology, led by @tropiroot.bsky.social member Amanda Longhi!
The TropirRoot root trait database 1.0!!!
The TropirRoot root trait database 1.0!!!
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Congratulations to Amanda Cordeiro for leading this effort & to all the @tropiroot.bsky.social members who contributed! Putting tropical roots on the map!
🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots
TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Congratulations to Amanda Cordeiro for leading this effort & to all the @tropiroot.bsky.social members who contributed! Putting tropical roots on the map!
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Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team!
esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
May 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team!
esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...
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New database of tropical root data!!
🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots
TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New database of tropical root data!!
🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots
TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots
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New paper out! Led by the amazing Amanda Longhi, as part of one more of our @tropiroot.bsky.social efforts!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Making tropical root data available to help us answer what happens belowground!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Making tropical root data available to help us answer what happens belowground!
TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments
Tropical ecosystems contain the world's largest biodiversity of vascular plants. Yet, our understanding of tropical functional diversity and its contribution to global diversity patterns is constrain...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New paper out! Led by the amazing Amanda Longhi, as part of one more of our @tropiroot.bsky.social efforts!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Making tropical root data available to help us answer what happens belowground!
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Making tropical root data available to help us answer what happens belowground!
We're organizing an invited talk series featuring authors of recent publications on roots and belowground dynamics, focusing on their role in shaping aboveground functions and ecosystem processes. Please feel free to comment or email us relevant paper suggestions at [email protected]. Thanks
April 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We're organizing an invited talk series featuring authors of recent publications on roots and belowground dynamics, focusing on their role in shaping aboveground functions and ecosystem processes. Please feel free to comment or email us relevant paper suggestions at [email protected]. Thanks
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🥳 Congrats to Dr Lee who passed his PhD defense today. Ming Yang is a founding Team Underground student & @tropiroot.bsky.social member who studies root ecology in Southeast Asian tropical forests trying to understand how diverse forests overcome phosphorus limitation.
April 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🥳 Congrats to Dr Lee who passed his PhD defense today. Ming Yang is a founding Team Underground student & @tropiroot.bsky.social member who studies root ecology in Southeast Asian tropical forests trying to understand how diverse forests overcome phosphorus limitation.
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Great day for undergrad root research with @parched-panama.bsky.social today at CSU! Undergrads Ally Lewis,.Maya McCain and Hailey Tharp did a great job, with my MS student Grace McLaughlin helping advise! GOOOOO tropical root research @tropiroot.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great day for undergrad root research with @parched-panama.bsky.social today at CSU! Undergrads Ally Lewis,.Maya McCain and Hailey Tharp did a great job, with my MS student Grace McLaughlin helping advise! GOOOOO tropical root research @tropiroot.bsky.social
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New online! Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity
Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00040-1Maintaining human well-being in an era of biodiversity loss requires understanding the role of biodiversity in ecosystem function. We argue that absolute abundance can drive ecosystem function and that this measure should be considered alongside traditional measures of biodiversity.
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April 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
New online! Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity
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Thinking hard at the @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting about next directions in tropical root research!
April 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thinking hard at the @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting about next directions in tropical root research!
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Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
We are happy to share the new research findings on below-ground root trait dynamics, led by TropiRoot members: Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, @laylugli.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @kmander7.bsky.social @kaaze7.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots
Rainfall seasonality shapes belowground root trait dynamics in an Amazonian tropical rainforest: A test of the stress‐dominance hypothesis
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are happy to share the new research findings on below-ground root trait dynamics, led by TropiRoot members: Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, @laylugli.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @kmander7.bsky.social @kaaze7.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots
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💻 🌿 Models Explain How Phloem Anatomy Restricts #Root System Architecture Development
by Xiao-Ran Zhou, Andrea Schnepf, Jan Vanderborght, Daniel Leitner, Harry Vereecken, Guillaume Lobet
https://buff.ly/3RqJNoV #CPlantBox #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
by Xiao-Ran Zhou, Andrea Schnepf, Jan Vanderborght, Daniel Leitner, Harry Vereecken, Guillaume Lobet
https://buff.ly/3RqJNoV #CPlantBox #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
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February 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
💻 🌿 Models Explain How Phloem Anatomy Restricts #Root System Architecture Development
by Xiao-Ran Zhou, Andrea Schnepf, Jan Vanderborght, Daniel Leitner, Harry Vereecken, Guillaume Lobet
https://buff.ly/3RqJNoV #CPlantBox #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
by Xiao-Ran Zhou, Andrea Schnepf, Jan Vanderborght, Daniel Leitner, Harry Vereecken, Guillaume Lobet
https://buff.ly/3RqJNoV #CPlantBox #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
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🧪New research advances plant stomatal modelling by optimising for growth, survival & reproduction - not just carbon gain. The model accurately predicts plant responses to drought, heat & CO₂, promising better forecasts of global carbon/water cycles onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Generalized Stomatal Optimization of Evolutionary Fitness Proxies for Predicting Plant Gas Exchange Under Drought, Heatwaves, and Elevated CO2
We develop a new generalized optimality theory of stomatal conductance that optimizes any non-foliar fitness proxy that requires water and carbon reserves, like growth, survival, and reproduction. We...
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February 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🧪New research advances plant stomatal modelling by optimising for growth, survival & reproduction - not just carbon gain. The model accurately predicts plant responses to drought, heat & CO₂, promising better forecasts of global carbon/water cycles onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....