Effect of competition and soil quality on root topology of the perennial grass Molinia caerulea

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Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-32

  Janeček, Štěpán ^a,b   Janečková, Petra ^a   Lepš, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carex hartmanii; Competition; Holcus lanatus; Molinia caerulea; Root plasticity; Topology; Tussock grass

Indexed keywords

ROOT COMPETITION; SOIL QUALITY; TOPOLOGY; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

CAREX HARTMANII; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 34047100328     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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