Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar

Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar
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Postdoctoral Associate, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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ovalverd@fiu.edu

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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.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Rapid 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
- 2021
  
  Evidence 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
- 2021
  
  Root 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
- 2020
  
  Limiting 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
- 2020
  
  Positive 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
- 2020
  
  Global root traits (GRooT) database. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.13179 Web of Science: 000569059000001
- 2020
  
  Effects 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
- 2020
  
  Morphological 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
- 2020
  
  A 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
- 2020
  
  Independent 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
- 2020
  
  The 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
- 2020
  
  Multiple 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
- 2020
  
  Species 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
- 2019
  
  Amazon 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
- 2019
  
  Nonlinearity 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
- 2018
  
  Physical 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
- 2018
  
  Patterns in spatial distribution and root trait syndromes for ecto and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate trees in a mixed broadleaf forest. OECOLOGIA. 186:731-741.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-4044-8 PMID: 29243085 Web of Science: 000426320400013
- 2017
  
  A worldview of root traits: the influence of ancestry, growth form, climate and mycorrhizal association on the functional trait variation of fine-root tissues in seed plants. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 215:1562-1573.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.14571 PMID: 28440574 Web of Science: 000406876700025
- 2017
  
  Climate, 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
- 2017
  
  Decoupled 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.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1700051 PMID: 28611072 Web of Science: 000404299400003
- 2017
  
  Initial nitrogen enrichment conditions determines variations in nitrogen substrate utilization by heterotrophic bacterial isolates. BMC MICROBIOLOGY. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12866-017-0993-7 PMID: 28376715 Web of Science: 000399697300008
- 2016
  
  Root 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
- 2015
  
  Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12384
- 2014
  
  Logging impacts on forest structure and seedling dynamics in a Prioria copaifera (Fabaceae) dominated tropical rain forest (Talamanca, Costa Rica)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v62i1.8504
- 2013
  
  The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12087
- 2011
  
  Placing the Effects of Leaf Litter Diversity on Saprotrophic Microorganisms in the Context of Leaf Type and Habitat
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9760-0
- 2007
  
  Relationships among litterfall, fine-root growth, and soil respiration for five tropical tree species
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/X07-057
- Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species
Correction
- 2020
  
  Morphological 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
Editorial Material
- 2017
  
  A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 15-26.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.14486 PMID: 28245064 Web of Science: 000402413100004
Other Scholarly Work
- 2009
  
  Erratum: Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species (Plant Soil (2007) 290 (357-370) DOI: 10.1007/S11104-006-9168-2). 333.
Review
- 2019
  
  Botanic 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
- An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective

research interests

Mechanisms of co-evolution between mycorrhizal fungus and seed plants

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Oscar Valverde-Barrantes

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