Building roots in a changing environment: Implications for root longevity

New Phytologist

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Eissenstat, D M ^a   Wells, C E ^a   Yanai, R D ^b   Whitbeck, J L ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevated CO2; Root herbivory; Root morphology; Root respiration; Root turnover; Specific root length; Tissue density

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LONGEVITY; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; RESPIRATION; ROOT SYSTEM; TURNOVER;

EID: 0033873194     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00686.x     Document Type: Review

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