A comparison of methods for converting rhizotron root length measurements into estimates of root mass production per unit ground area

Plant and Soil

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 279-288

  Metcalfe, D B ^a,b   Meir, P ^a   Williams, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amazon tropical rainforest; Fine root measurement; Image analysis; Rhizotron; Root mass production; Root quantification method

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349167923     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9447-6     Document Type: Article

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