The global biogeography of roots

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-328

  Schenk, H Jochen ^a,b   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomes; Climate; Global ecology; Global vegetation types; Latitude; Plant life forms; Potential evapotranspiration; Precipitation; Rooting depth; Soil texture; Vertical root distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ROOT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036707211     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0311:TGBOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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