Identifying roots of northern hardwood species: Patterns with diameter and depth

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2862-2869

  Yanai, Ruth D ^a   Fisk, Melany C ^b   Fahey, Timothy J ^c   Cleavitt, Natalie L ^c   Park, Byung B ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.; DEPTH DISTRIBUTIONS; DNA FRAGMENTS; FINE ROOTS; FOREST CANOPIES; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; ROOTING DEPTHS; SIZE CLASSES; SOIL SURFACES; SUGAR MAPLES; TREE ROOTS; TREE SPECIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VISUAL IDENTIFICATIONS; WOOD ANATOMIES;

HARDWOODS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DEPTH; DIAMETER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ROOT; ROOTING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUGAR;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM LANTANOIDES;

EID: 55549131940     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-125     Document Type: Article

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