Root production and turnover in an upland grassland subjected to artificial soil warming respond to radiation flux and nutrients, not temperature

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-581

  Fitter, A H ^a   Self, G K ^a   Brown, T K ^a   Bogie, D S ^a   Graves, J D ^a   Benham, D ^b   Ineson, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minirhizotron; PAR; Root birth; Root death; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ROOT; SOIL AMENDMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032865237     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050892     Document Type: Article

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