Seasonal patterns of fine-root productivity and turnover in a tropical savanna of northern Australia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-224

  Chen, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Eamus, Derek ^a,c   Hutley, Lindsay B ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Below ground; Fine root growth; In growth bag; Net primary productivity; Savannas; Temporal and spatial distribution; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; ROOT; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURNOVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1942510555     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001135     Document Type: Article

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