Root production and turnover and carbon budgets of two contrasting grasslands under ambient and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations

New Phytologist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-255

  Fitter, A H ^a   Graves, J D ^a   Wolfenden, J ^b   Self, G K ^a   Brown, T K ^a   Bogie, D ^a   Mansfield, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Below ground production; Birth and rate; Minirhizotron; Respiration; Root turnover

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; GRASSLAND; ROOT PRODUCTION; ROOT TURNOVER;

EID: 0031421356     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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