Cluster roots: Some ecological considerations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1060-1064

  Skene, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

EID: 0032426017     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00326.x     Document Type: Review

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