Fine root distribution and persistence under field conditions of three co-occurring Great Basin species of different life form

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Peek, Michael S ^a,c   Leffler, A Joshua ^a   Ivans, Carolyn Y ^b   Ryel, Ronald J ^a   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron desertorum; Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; Minirhizotron; Root persistence; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

FINE ROOT; GRASS; PERSISTENCE; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB;

AGROPYRON; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BROMUS; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON; ARTEMISIA; BROMUS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT ROOTS; UTAH;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 11144332883     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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