Root distribution in an Amazonian seasonal forest as derived from δ13C profiles

Plant and Soil

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Sternberg, Leonel Da S L ^a   Green, LaVictoria ^a   Moreira, Marcelo Z ^a,b   Nepstad, Daniel ^c   Martinelli, Luiz A ^b   Victória, Reynaldo ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Canopy; Forest stratification; Root distribution; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032434542     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004361029428     Document Type: Article

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