Soil micro-habitat effects on fine roots of Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.: A field experiment using root ingrowth cores

Plant and Soil

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 325-332

  Fujimaki, Reiji ^a   McGonigle, Terence P ^b   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis obtusa; Fine root morphology; Fine root production; Forest floor; N availability; Soil micro habitat

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; FINE ROOT; LEACHING; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 14644408807     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2282-8     Document Type: Article

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