Long-term disadvantages of selective root placement: Root proliferation and shoot biomass of two perennial grass species in a 2-year experiment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 711-722

  Fransen, Bart ^a   De Kroon, Hans ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foraging; Minirhizotrons; Nutrient heterogeneity; Root longevity; Root proliferation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT GROWTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; GRASS; LONGEVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT GROWTH;

EID: 0034799223     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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