Fine root dynamics in two Atlantic white-cedar wetlands with contrasting hydroperiods

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 941-949

  Rodgers, H LeRoy ^a   Day, Frank P ^b   Atkinson, Robert B ^c  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic white cedar; Fine roots; Hydrology; Minirhizotron; Root production

Indexed keywords

FINE ROOT; HYDROPERIOD; ROOT SYSTEM; SWAMP FOREST; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CHAMAECYPARIS THYOIDES;

EID: 1442315578     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2003)023[0941:FRDITA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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