Fine root architecture of nine North American trees

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 293-309

  Pregitzer, Kurt S ^a,b   DeForest, Jared L ^a   Burton, Andrew J ^a   Allen, Michael F ^c   Ruess, Roger W ^d   Hendrick, Ronald L ^e  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Carbon; Juniperus monosperma; Liriodendron tulipifera; Nitrogen; Picea glauca; Pinus edulis; Pinus elliottii; Pinus resinosa; Populus balsamifera; Quercus alba; Roots

Indexed keywords

FINE ROOT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; TREE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACER SACCHARUM; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYCORRHIZAE; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS RESINOSA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; QUERCUS ALBA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 0036591026     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0293:FRAONN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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