Hendrik Poorter

Research interests

Publications

• A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

  New Phytologist · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17572

• Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs

  Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01471-7

• An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective

  New Phytologist · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17590

• Global root traits (GRooT) database

  Global Ecology and Biogeography · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13179

• Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

  New Phytologist · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17072

• Corrigendum to : New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  Australian Journal of Botany · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1071/bt12225_co

• Pampered inside, pestered outside? Differences and similarities between plants growing in controlled conditions and in the field

  New Phytologist · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14243

• The global spectrum of plant form and function

  Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16489

• Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

  Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16476

• The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change

  Ecology Letters · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12348

• New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  Australian Journal of Botany · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1071/bt12225

• Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta‐analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

  New Phytologist · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03952.x

• Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta‐analysis

  New Phytologist · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02830.x

• Specific Leaf Area and Dry Matter Content Estimate Thickness in Laminar Leaves

  Annals of Botany · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mci264

• Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

  New Phytologist · 2005 · 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01349.x

• Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences

  Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2504(03)34004-8

• The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

  Nature · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02403

• A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  Australian Journal of Botany · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1071/bt02124

• The effect of elevated CO2 on the chemical composition and construction costs of leaves of 27 C3 species

  Plant Cell & Environment · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-84.x

• Inherent Variation in Growth Rate Between Higher Plants: A Search for Physiological Causes and Ecological Consequences

  Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research · 1992 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2504(08)60148-8

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