Root competition between beech and oak: A hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 276-284

  Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Coners, Heinz ^a   Büttner, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Below ground competition; Competition experiment; Fine roots; Horizontal root distribution; Mixed forest

Indexed keywords

ROOT COMPETITION; ROOT SYSTEM; TREE;

EID: 0035034277     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000507     Document Type: Article

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