Root dynamics in a salt marsh over three consecutive years

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-269

  Steinke, W ^a   Von Willert, D J ^a   Austenfeld, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

minirhizotron; root depth distribution; root dynamics; salt marsh

Indexed keywords

MINIRHIZOTRON; ROOT DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH;

GERMANY, LOWER SAXONY, WATTENMEER NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030299204     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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