Contribution of relative growth rate to root foraging by annual and perennial grasses from California oak woodlands

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-430

  Aanderud, Zachary T ^a   Bledsoe, Caroline S ^a   Richards, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus diandrus; Bromus hordeaceus; Elymus glaucus; Nassella pulchra; Root plasticity

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

GRASS; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLASTICITY; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BROMUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELYMUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

BIOMASS; BROMUS; ELYMUS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL;

UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS; GLAUCUS; NASSELLA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 0041695481     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1275-7     Document Type: Article

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