Resource and non-resource root competition effects of grasses on early- versus late-successional trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 548-554

  Messier, Christian ^a   Coll, Lluis ^b   Poitras Larivière, Amélie ^a   Bélanger, Nicolas ^c   Brisson, Jacques ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fine root competition; Root architecture; Root avoidance; Root morphology; Root nutrition; Root tolerance; Successional tree species

Indexed keywords

FINE ROOT; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; RESOURCE USE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; POACEAE; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 64349093787     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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