Root biomass dynamics in a semi-natural grassland exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2 for five years

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 50-59

  Sindhøj, Erik ^a   Andrén, Olof ^a   Kätterer, Thomas ^a   Marissink, Mark ^a   Pettersson, Roger ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hay production; Ingrowth cores; Minirhizotrons; Open top chambers; R S ratios; Root numbers; Shoots

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645234916     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710310022032     Document Type: Article

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