Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar

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Valverde-Barrantes, Oscar Graduate Faculty

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Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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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

selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2024
  
  Linking fine root lifespan to root chemical and morphological traits-A global analysis
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320623121
- 2024
  
  Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a central Amazonian rainforest. OIKOS. 2024.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.09996 Web of Science: 001126941600001
- 2024
  
  Leaf and root traits are partially coordinated but they show contrasting multi-trait-based community trait dispersion patterns in a subtropical forest. JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtad045 Web of Science: 001153125200004
- 2024
  
  Decoupling of uptake- and transport-related traits in absorptive roots across coexisting herbaceous species in alpine meadows. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14268 Web of Science: 001151616800001
- 2023
  
  Precipitation, rather than temperature drives coordination of multidimensional root traits with ectomycorrhizal fungi in alpine coniferous forests. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 111:1935-1949.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14151 Web of Science: 001010789200001
- 2023
  
  Root-associated fungal communities are influenced more by soils than by plant-host root traits in a Chinese tropical forest. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 238:1849-1864.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.18821 Web of Science: 000953012200001
- 2023
  
  Weak phylogenetic and habitat effects on root trait variation of 218 Neotropical tree species
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2023.1187127 Web of Science: 001011133100001
- 2023
  
  Functional variability in specific root respiration translates to autotrophic differences in soil respiration in a temperate deciduous forest. GEODERMA. 432.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116414 Web of Science: 000955191100001
- 2023
  
  Seasonal fluctuations of extracellular enzyme activities are related to the biogeochemical cycling of C, N and P in a tropical terra-firme forest. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. 163:1-15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10533-022-01009-4 Web of Science: 000919025900001
- 2023
  
  Multiple factors co-limit short-term in situ soil carbon dioxide emissions. PLOS ONE. 18.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279839 Web of Science: 001056479600020
- 2022
  
  Characterizing natural variability of lignin abundance and composition in fine roots across temperate trees: a comparison of analytical methods. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 236:2358-2373.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.18515 Web of Science: 000871949000001
- 2022
  
  Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates. SCIENCE. 377:1440-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.abo3856 Web of Science: 000887934300040
- 2022
  
  Nodulation capacity in legume forest species (Fabaceae) according to their phylogeny and morphological characteristics
  Full Text via DOI: 10.18845/rfmk.v19i45.6315 Web of Science: 000834755500001
- 2022
  
  Mycorrhizal symbiosis pathway and edaphic fertility frame root economics space among tree species. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 234:1639-1653.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.18066 Web of Science: 000780082400001
- 2022
  
  EFFECTS OF CANOPY OPENNESS ON SEEDLING SURVIVAL AND GROWTH AFTER SELECTIVE LOGGING IN A MONODOMINANT LOWLAND SWAMP FOREST IN COSTA RICA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.26525/jtfs2022.34.1.34 Web of Science: 000874149200001
- 2021
  
  Fine roots stimulate nutrient release during early stages of leaf litter decomposition in a Central Amazon rainforest. PLANT AND SOIL. 469:287-303.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05148-9 Web of Science: 000702595900001
- 2021
  
  Litter inputs and phosphatase activity affect the temporal variability of organic phosphorus in a tropical forest soil in the Central Amazon. PLANT AND SOIL. 469:423-441.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05146-x Web of Science: 000708395900001
- 2021
  
  A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 232:973-1122.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17572 Web of Science: 000703452700004
- 2021
  
  Biogeographic history and habitat specialization shape floristic and phylogenetic composition across Amazonian forests. ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS. 91.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1473 Web of Science: 000681220100001
- 2021
  
  Coordination between compound-specific chemistry and morphology in plant roots aligns with ancestral mycorrhizal association in woody angiosperms. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 232:1259-1271.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17561 Web of Science: 000674039200001
- 2021
  
  Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 232:1123-1158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17072 Web of Science: 000607739400001
- 2021
  
  Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 5:1123-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01471-7 Web of Science: 000659806900001
- 2021
  
  Resolving whole-plant economics from leaf, stem and root traits of 1467 Amazonian tree species. OIKOS. 130:1193-1208.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.08284 Web of Science: 000649456600001
- 2021
  
  Root anatomy helps to reconcile observed root trait syndromes in tropical tree species. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 108:744-755.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1659 Web of Science: 000653217700001
- 2021
  
  Rapid responses of root traits and productivity to phosphorus and cation additions in a tropical lowland forest in Amazonia. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 230:116-128.
  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. 460:625-646.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04802-y Web of Science: 000610479000006
- 2021
  
  Global root traits (GRooT) database. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 30:25-37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.13179 Web of Science: 000569059000001
- 2021
  
  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
- 2021
  
  Positive tree diversity effect on fine root biomass: via density dependence rather than spatial root partitioning. OIKOS. 130:1-14.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.07777 Web of Science: 000569876300001
- 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
  
  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
  
  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
  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. 124:142-149.
  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 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 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
  
  A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 215:15-26.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.14486 Web of Science: 000402413100004
- 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 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 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
- 2016
  
  Phylogenetically structured traits in root systems influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in woody angiosperms. PLANT AND SOIL. 404:1-12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-2820-6
- 2016
  
  Amazon forest ecosystem responses to elevated atmospheric Co2 and alterations in nutrient availability: Filling the gaps with model-experiment integration
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/feart.2016.00019
- 2015
  
  Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 29:796-807.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12384
- 2015
  
  Aggregated and complementary: Symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 205:731-742.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.13179
- 2014
  
  Logging impacts on forest structure and seedling dynamics in a Prioria copaifera (Fabaceae) dominated tropical rain forest (Talamanca, Costa Rica). REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL. 62:347-357.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v62i1.8504
- 2013
  
  Decay of ecosystem differences and decoupling of tree community-soil environment relationships at ecotones. ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS. 83:403-417.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/12-1513.1
- 2013
  
  The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 101:933-942.
  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. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 61:399-409.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9760-0
- 2010
  
  Impacts of individual tree species on carbon dynamics in a moist tropical forest environment. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 20:1087-1100.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/09-0635.1
- 2009
  
  Fine root decay rates vary widely among lowland tropical tree species. OECOLOGIA. 161:325-330.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1379-9
- 2007
  
  Relationships among litterfall, fine-root growth, and soil respiration for five tropical tree species. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE. 37:1954-1965.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/X07-057
- 2007
  
  Tree species effects on soil properties in experimental plantations in tropical moist forest. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 71:1389-1397.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0069
- 2007
  
  Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species. PLANT AND SOIL. 290:357-370.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9168-2
Conference
- 2021
  
  SMALL-SCALE HABITAT COMPLEXITY EFFECTS OF MARINE MACROALGAL HABITAT ON ASSOCIATED EPIFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES. PHYCOLOGIA. 37-37.
  Web of Science: 000682342700088
Letter
- 2023
  
  The importance of trait selection in ecology. NATURE. E29-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06148-8 Web of Science: 001022984400006
Other Scholarly Work
- 2024
  
  Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 351-371.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.19561 Web of Science: 001177585600001
- 2023
  
  Corrigendum (vol 234, pg 1639, 2022). NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 2505-2509.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.18529 Web of Science: 000920174100001
- 2023
  
  Root traits and functioning: from individual plants to ecosystems. OIKOS.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/oik.09924 Web of Science: 000907107700001
- 2022
  
  Above- and below-ground trait responses to environmental variation: the need to distinguish inter- and intraspecific variability. A commentary on 'Above and below-ground plant traits are not consistent in response to drought and competition treatments'. ANNALS OF BOTANY. I-III.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcac135 Web of Science: 000912505800001
- 2022
  
  Author Correction: Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (2203), 10.1038/s41467-019-10245-6)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28444-z
- 2022
  
  A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements (vol 232, pg 973, 2021). NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 372-372.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.18126 Web of Science: 000804619000031
- 2022
  
  Dissecting how fine roots function Comment. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 1539-1541.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17896 Web of Science: 000737997600001
- 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
- 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). PLANT AND SOIL. 333-334.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9996-y
Preprint
- 2022
  
  Functional Variability in Specific Root Respiration Translates to Autotrophic Differences in Soil Respiration in a Temperate Decicuous Forest
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4160293
- 2022
  
  Functional Variability in Specific Root Respiration Translates to Autotrophic Differences in Soil Respiration in a Temperate Deciduous Forest
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4011550
- 2019
  
  Intraspecific root and leaf trait variation with tropical forest successional status: consequences for community-weighted patterns
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1101/611640
- Extracellular enzyme activities in tropical soils are driven by seasonal litter input
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1270964/v1
- Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.17.095851
- Litter inputs and phosphatase activity control the temporal variability of organic phosphorus in a tropical forest soil in the Central Amazon
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-548371/v1
- Root traits and functioning: from individual plants to ecosystems
  Full Text via DOI: 10.22541/au.167051985.54936373/v1
- Temperature sensitivity of termites determines global wood decay rates
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1242094/v1
- The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1101/2020.01.17.908905
- Tree age and root order affect the adaptation of fine roots to the surrounding environment: a case study of Pinus koraiensis
  Full Text via DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2826280/v1
Review
- 2021
  
  Tradeoffs and Synergies in Tropical Forest Root Traits and Dynamics for Nutrient and Water Acquisition: Field and Modeling Advances
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.704469 Web of Science: 000732614700001
- 2021
  
  An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 42-59.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.17590 Web of Science: 000679482500001
- 2020
  
  Fine-root dynamics vary with soil depth and precipitation in a low-nutrient tropical forest in the Central Amazonia. 3-16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10010
- 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

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- IRES Track II: A Unique Opportunity for Graduate Training in Tropical Biodiversity Science awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2024

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Oscar Valverde-Barrantes

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7327-7647 (confirmed)

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