Pattern of secondary thickening in a Quercus cerris root system

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-412

  Di Iorio, Antonino ^a   Lasserre, Bruno ^b   Scippa, Gabriella S ^b   Chiatante, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Downward growth; Eccentric growth; Gravimetric and geometric center; Three dimensional analysis; Woody root eccentricity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECCENTRICITY; GRAVIMETRY; GROWTH MODELING; ROOT SYSTEM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 34047148795     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.3.407     Document Type: Article

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