Long range lateral root activity by neo-tropical savanna trees

Plant and Soil

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Sternberg, Leonel Da S L ^a   Bucci, Sandra ^a,b   Franco, Augusto ^c   Goldstein, Guillermo ^a,b   Hoffman, William A ^d   Meinzer, Frederick C ^e   Moreira, Marcelo Z ^f   Scholz, Fabian ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROOT SYSTEM; SAVANNA; TREE; WATER UPTAKE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21044459068     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-1334-9     Document Type: Article

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