Patterns in root trait variation among 25 co-existing North American forest species

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 919-928

  Comas, L H ^a   Eissenstat, D M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM); Comparative biology; Ectomycorrhiza (EM); Root architecture; Root ecology; Root morphology; Specific root length (SRL)

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARBON CYCLE; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYLOGENETICS; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WOOD;

GENETIC VARIATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD;

ARBUSCULAR;

EID: 65549133788     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02799.x     Document Type: Article

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