Biomass and morphology of Pinus radiata coarse root components in a sub-humid temperate silvopastoral system

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 387-397

  Gautam, Madan K ^a   Mead, Donald J ^d   Clinton, Peter W ^b   Chang, Scott X ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Root architecture; Root biomass allocation; Root:shoot ratio; Tree toppling; Tree pasture interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; SOILS;

ROOT BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; MORPHOLOGY; PASTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORESTS; SOIL;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0037424938     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00411-5     Document Type: Article

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