Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
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Overview
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- Oscar Valverde-Barrantes is an assistant professor working in the International Center of Tropical Botany and the Department of Biological Sciences in FIU. He is a botanist and microbiologist deeply interested in the study of the evolutionary pathways that defined the interactions between plants and their associated microbial communities. His ultimate goal is to incorporate the belowground component as a central topic of discussion, consolidating root ecology as a standalone field in ecology.
research interests
- Mechanisms of co-evolution between mycorrhizal fungus and seed plants
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2021Rapid responses of root traits and productivity to phosphorus and cation additions in a tropical lowland forest in Amazonia. NEW PHYTOLOGIST.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17154 Web of Science: 000613302900001
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2021Evidence of elemental homeostasis in fine root and leaf tissues of saplings across a fertility gradient in tropical montane forest in Hainan, China. PLANT AND SOIL.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04802-y Web of Science: 000610479000006
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2021Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs. NEW PHYTOLOGIST.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17072 Web of Science: 000607739400001
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2020Limiting similarity shapes the functional and phylogenetic structure of root neighborhoods in a subtropical forest. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 229:1078-1090.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.16920 Web of Science: 000575895100001
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2020Positive tree diversity effect on fine root biomass: via density dependence rather than spatial root partitioning. OIKOS.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.07777 Web of Science: 000569876300001
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2020Global root traits (GRooT) database. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.13179 Web of Science: 000569059000001
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2020Effects of tree species richness on fine root production varied with stand density and soil nutrients in subtropical forests. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 733.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139344 Web of Science: 000540271100039
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2020Morphological variation of fine root systems and leaves in primary and secondary tropical forests of Hainan Island, China. ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE. 77.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13595-020-00977-7 Web of Science: 000560383900001
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2020A framework to assess the carbon supply-consumption balance in plant roots. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 229:659-664.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.16807 Web of Science: 000556035100001
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2020Independent evolutionary changes in fine-root traits among main clades during the diversification of seed plants. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 228:541-553.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.16729 Web of Science: 000547743200001
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2020The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. SCIENCE ADVANCES. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3756 Web of Science: 000548735500024
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2020Multiple phosphorus acquisition strategies adopted by fine roots in low-fertility soils in Central Amazonia. PLANT AND SOIL. 450:49-63.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-019-03963-9 Web of Science: 000541251700005
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2020Species richness and functional-trait effects on fine root biomass along a subtropical tree diversity gradient. PLANT AND SOIL. 446:515-527.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-019-04369-3 Web of Science: 000511594900033
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2019Amazon forest response to CO2 fertilization dependent on plant phosphorus acquisition. NATURE GEOSCIENCE. 12:736-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0404-9 Web of Science: 000484058100014
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2019Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10245-6 Web of Science: 000468174600003
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2018Physical and microbial mechanisms of decomposition vary in importance among root orders and tree species with differing chemical and morphological traits. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 124.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.06.006 Web of Science: 000444358200017
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2017Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 105:1182-1196.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12769 Web of Science: 000407838200003
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2017Decoupled leaf and root carbon economics is a key component in the ecological diversity and evolutionary divergence of deciduous and evergreen lineages of genus Rhododendron. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 104:803-816.
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2016Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum: Commentary on Kramer-Walter etal. (2016). JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 104:1311-1313.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12605 Web of Science: 000383551800010
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Correction
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2020Morphological variation of fine root systems and leaves in primary and secondary tropical forests of Hainan Island, China (vol 77, 76, 2020). ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13595-020-01013-4 Web of Science: 000593032400001
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Editorial Material
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2017A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 15-26.
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Review
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2019Botanic gardens are an untapped resource for studying the functional ecology of tropical plants. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0390 Web of Science: 000450501500005
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Research
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full name
- Oscar Valverde-Barrantes
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7327-7647 (confirmed)
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