Effects of water table drawdown on root production and aboveground biomass in a boreal Bog

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1268-1282

  Murphy, Meaghan ^a   Laiho, Raija ^b   Moore, Tim R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Belowground production; Drainage; Global change; Ingrowth cores; Peatlands; Root:shoot ratios

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BOG; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRAWDOWN; GLOBAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHRUB; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

FINLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77949775380     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9283-z     Document Type: Article

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