Fine root dynamics along a 2,000-m elevation transect in South Ecuadorian mountain rainforests

Plant and Soil

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 155-166

  Graefe, Sophie ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude; Minirhizotrons; Montane rainforest; Root length production; Root morphology; Root turnover

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINE ROOT; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349083170     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9688-z     Document Type: Article

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