The relationship between fine root demography and the soil environment in northern hardwood forests

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine root length; Moisture; Mortality; Production; Soil temperature; Water balance

Indexed keywords

FINE ROOT; MINIRHIZOTRON; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; ROOT DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0031425242     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682383     Document Type: Article

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