Root and leaf production, mortality and longevity in response to soil heterogeneity

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 748-753

  Partel M ^a,b   Wilson, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Festuca rubra; Root and leaf appearance; Root and leaf disappearance; Root and leaf turnover; Soil nutrient patchiness

Indexed keywords

GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 0035662395     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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