Global Root Trait (GRooT) Database

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GRooT principal objective is to contribute towards the inclusion of root traits in large-scale comparative studies and global models by offering standardized and curated data of key root traits.
Guerrero-Ramirez N, Mommer L, Freschet GT, Iversen CM, McCormack M.L, Kattge J, Poorter H, van der Plas F, Bergmann J, Kuyper TW, York LM, Bruelheide H, Laughlin DC, Meier IC, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, van Ruijven J, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Aubin I, Catford JA, Manning P, Martin A, Milla R, Minden V, Pausas JG, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Ammer C, Butterfield B, Craine J, Cornelissen JHC, de Vries FT, Isaac ME, Kramer K, König C, Lamb EG, Onipchenko VG, Peñuelas J, Reich PB, Rillig MC, Sack L, Shipley B, Tedersoo L, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Weigelt P, Wright JP, Weigelt A. 2021. Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(1): 25-37 https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13179

Data statistics

Rooting depth 1190
Root diameter 2020