Density-dependent root morphology and root distribution in the submerged plant Vallisneria natans

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Xie, Yonghong ^a,b   An, Shuqing ^a   Wu, Bofeng ^a   Wang, Wenwen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Morphological plasticity; Nutrient; Root distribution; Root foraging; Vallisneria natans

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; ROOT; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SEDIMENT;

VALLISNERIA;

EID: 33646407319     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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