Soil exploitation strategies of fine roots in different tree species of the southern boreal forest of eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-273

  Bauhus, Jürgen ^a   Messier, Christian ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ROOTING; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CANADA;

ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0032911274     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-206     Document Type: Article

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