Root system topology of plants from habitats differing in soil resource availability

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-264

  Taub, D R ^a,c   Goldberg, D ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Root architecture; Root branching; Topological index

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0001594935     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389851     Document Type: Article

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