Root system development of oak seedlings analysed using an architectural model. Effects of competition with grass

Plant and Soil

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 367-383

  Collet, Catherine ^a   Löf, Magnus ^b   Pagès, Loïc ^c  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Quercus petraea; Radial growth; Reiteration; Root architecture model; Root typology

Indexed keywords

GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT COMPETITION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TREE;

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 32544433163     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2419-9     Document Type: Article

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