Applications of minirhizotrons to understand root function in forests and other natural ecosystems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-304

  Hendrick, Ronald L ^b   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

decomposition; minirhizotron; production; soil biota; turnover

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

FOREST; MINIRHIZOTRON; ROOT;

EID: 0030299196     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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