Effects of experimental drought on the fine root system of mature Norway spruce

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1151-1159

  Gaul, Dirk ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Borken, Werner ^b   Matzner, Egbert ^b   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fine root mortality; Minirhizotrons; Production; Soil coring; Throughfall exclusion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GARNETS; GROUNDWATER; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DROUGHT STRESSES; DROUGHT TREATMENT; FINE ROOT MORTALITY; FINE-ROOT BIOMASS; FINE-ROOT DYNAMICS; MINERAL SOILS; MINIRHIZOTRON; MINIRHIZOTRONS; NORWAY SPRUCE; ORGANIC LAYERS; PICEA ABIES KARST; PRODUCTION; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT PRODUCTION; ROOT SYSTEMS; SOIL CORING; THROUGHFALL; THROUGHFALL EXCLUSION; TREE SPECIES;

DROUGHT;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DROUGHT; FINE ROOT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; MINING; MOISTURE; MORTALITY; PICEA ABIES; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; ROOTING; SILICA; SILICATES; SOIL ANALYSIS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 48849085966     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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