Light and tree size influence belowground development in yellow birch and sugar maple

Plant and Soil

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 321-330

  Cheng, Song ^a   Widden, Paul ^a   Messier, Christian ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Light; Mycorrhizal colonization; Roots; Sugar maple; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SIZE EFFECT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 21044456393     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-1726-x     Document Type: Article

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