New model to predict rooting in diverse plant community compositions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 195-211

  Tasser, E ^a   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Phytosociological assessments; Plant species; Rooting density; Rooting distribution; Specific root length

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ROOTING DENSITY; SOIL LAYERS; SOIL PROFILE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOTING; SOIL PROFILE;

EID: 17644387769     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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