Relationships between root characteristics and seed size in two contrasting floras

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-85

  Guerrero Campo, Joaquín ^a   Fitter, Alastair H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plant height; Root morphology; Root size; Root system architecture; Root type

Indexed keywords

FLORA; ROOT SYSTEM; SEED SIZE;

EID: 0035031588     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)01101-2     Document Type: Article

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