Asynchronicity in root and shoot phenology in grasses and woody plants

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2241-2251

  Steinaker, Diego F ^a,b   Wilson, Scott D ^a   Peltzer, Duane A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C3 grass; C4 grass; Climate change; Leaf; Phenology; Root; Seasonality; Shoot; Shrub; Soil temperature; Soil water; Tree

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASS; GROWTH; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEASONALITY; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TREE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

POACEAE;

EID: 77955073141     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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