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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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Kelly Andersen@kmander7.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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! 🌴🌳🌵🌱🪾🌾

Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🌱 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

Lucia Fuchslueger@loutsi.bsky.social · last yr.

Brandnew out in Ecology, led by @tropiroot.bsky.social member Amanda Longhi! The TropirRoot root trait database 1.0!!!

Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 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

Kelly Andersen@kmander7.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Amanda Cordeiro for leading this effort & to all the @tropiroot.bsky.social members who contributed! Putting tropical roots on the map!

Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 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

Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 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...

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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · last yr.

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 tropiroottrait@gmail.com. Thanks

Nature Reviews Biodiversity@natrevbiodiv.nature.com · last yr.

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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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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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Arthur Gessler@arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧪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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Tropical Root Trait (TropiRoot)@tropiroot.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢📢TropiRoot has transitioned to a new leadership team for next two years and is gearing up for exciting projects ahead! We’re expanding our outreach efforts and networking. If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!

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Daniela Cusack@daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great leadership meeting with @tropiroot.bsky.social this morning! Reach out if you are a tropical root researcher interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data with us!

Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴@jonlen.bsky.social · 2y ago

This ⬇️ is amazing work that confirms the need to account for interactions between species traits & their exposure to environmental stressors when predicting species redistribution 🌏🏔 It is exactly what we claimed in a perspective published last year in @globalchangebio.bsky.social shorturl.at/DPMX1

Bringing traits back into the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution

In this opinion piece, we explore under which circumstances species traits are expected to explain the rates and directions of species redistributions in response to climate change and discuss how fu...

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John Dwyer@john-m-dwyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔥 in Ecology Letters 🔥 #Traits describing hydraulic strategies and deciduousness explain the occurrence trends of almost 300 #rainforest #tree species across a steep rainfall gradient in Australia. #FunctionalTraits dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Luis-Miguel Chevin@lmchev.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just out! Jon Bridle and I have reviewed theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on how adaptation limits influence the fate of populations and communities in changing environments. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Impacts of limits to adaptation on population and community persistence in a changing environment | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

A key issue in predicting how ecosystems will respond to environmental change is understanding why populations and communities are able to live and reproduce in some parts of ecological and geographic...

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