Coarse root elongation rate estimates for interior Douglas-fir

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 825-829

  Richardson, Andrew ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual growth rings; Geometric mean regression; Incomplete rings; Measurement error; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Root growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038567303     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.12.825     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Brisson, J. and J.F. Reynolds. 1994. The effect of neighbors on root distribution in a creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) population. Ecology 75:1693-1702.
2. Büsgen, M. and E. Münch. 1929. The structure and life of forest trees. Chapman & Hall, London, 436 p.
3. Drexhage, M. and F. Gruber. 1998. Architecture of the skeletal root system of 40-year-old Picea abies on strongly acidified soils in the Harz Mountains (Germany). Can. J. For. Res. 28:13-22.
4. Draper, N.R. 1992. Straight line regression when both variables are subject to error. Tech. Rep. No. 890, Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 18 p.
5. Fayle, D.C.F. 1975a. Extension and longitudinal growth during the development of red pine root systems. Can. J. For. Res. 5:109-121.
6. Fayle, D.C.F. 1975b. Distribution of radial growth during the development of red pine root systems. Can. J. For. Res. 5:608-625.
7. Fitter, A. 1997. Nutrient acquisition. In Plant Ecology. Ed. M.J. Crawley. Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp 51-72.
8. Jourdan, C. and H. Rey. 1997. Modelling and simulation of the architecture and development of the oil-palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) root system I. The model. Plant Soil 190:217-233.
9. Kaufmann, M.R. 1968. Water relations of pine seedlings in relation to root and shoot growth. Plant Physiol. 43:281-288.
10. Kozlowski, T.T., P.J. Kramer and S.G. Pallardy. 1991. The physiological ecology of woody plants. Academic Press, San Diego, 657 p.
11. Kuiper, L.C. and M.P. Coutts. 1992. Spatial disposition and extension of the structural root system of Douglas-fir. For. Ecol. Manag. 47:111-125.
12. Lloyd, D., K. Angove, G. Hope and C. Thompson. 1990. A guide to site identification and interpretation for the Kamloops forest region. Victoria, B.C., Research Branch, Ministry of Forests, 192 p.
13. McConnaughay, K.D.M. and F.A. Bazzaz. 1992. The occupation and fragmentation of space: consequences of neighbouring roots. Funct. Ecol. 6:704-710.
14. Neter, J., M.H. Kutner, C.J. Nachtsheim and W. Wasserman. 1996. Applied linear statistical models. Irwin, Chicago, 1408 p.
15. Pindyck, R.S. and D.L. Rubinfeld. 1981. Econometric models and economic forecasts. McGraw-Hill, New York, 630 p.
16. Reynolds, E.C. 1983. The development of root systems analysed by growth rings. Plant Soil 71:167-170.
17. Schulman, E. 1945. Root growth-rings and chronology. Tree-Ring Bull. 12:2-5.
18. Thornley, J.H.M. 1998. Modelling shoot:root relations: the only way forward? Ann. Bot. 81:165-171.
19. Triboulot, M.B., J. Pritchard and D. Tomos. 1995. Stimulation and inhibition of pine root growth by osmotic stress. New Phytol. 130: 169-175.