Why do fast- and slow-growing grass species differ so little in their rate of root respiration, considering the large differences in rate of growth and ion uptake?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 995-1005

  Scheurwater, I ^a   Cornelissen, C ^a   Dictus, F ^a   Welschen, R ^a   Lambers, H ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway; Dactylis glomerata L.; Diurnal variation; Elevated CO2; Festuca ovina L.; Ion uptake; Relative growth rate; Root respiration; Specific respiratory costs

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESPIRATION; ROOT;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA OVINA;

EID: 0031737921     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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