Root system size and precision in nutrient foraging: Responses to spatial pattern of nutrient supply in six herbaceous species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 972-983

  Wijesinghe, Dushyantha K ^a   John, Elizabeth A ^a   Beurskens, Simone ^a   Hutchings, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Morphological plasticity; Nutrient acquisition; Root distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENT; PLASTICITY; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARRHENATHERUM; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA OVINA; LANCEOLATA; PAPAVER; PAPAVER RHOEAS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; SONCHUS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS;

EID: 0035667661     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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