Responses of Picea, Pinus and Pseudotsuga roots to heterogeneous nutrient distribution in soil

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-45

  George, Eckhard ^a   Seith, Bettina ^a   Schaeffer, Christoph ^b   Marschner, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; local nutrient supply; Norway spruce; nutrient concentrations; root growth; root morphology; Scots pine _kwd

Indexed keywords

PICEA; PINUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

DOUGLAS-FIR; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH; NORWAY SPRUCE; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTION; SCOTS PINE; TREE ROOT;

EID: 0030618658     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.1.39     Document Type: Article

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