Root system asymmetry of Mediterranean pines

Plant and Soil

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 75-83

  Ganatsas, P ^a   Spanos, I ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross sectional root area; Pinus brutia; Pinus halepensis; Root architecture; Root asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ROOT SYSTEM; SHALLOW SOIL; SYMMETRY; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 32644434230     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-1092-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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