Effects of soil moisture manipulations on fine root dynamics in a mature balsam fir (Abies balsamea L. Mill.) forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-348

  Olesinski, Jakub ^a   Lavigne, Michael B ^b   Krasowski, Marek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

belowground NPP; environmental control; minirhizotron; throughfall exclusion

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FINE ROOT; FOLIAGE; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION; MORTALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THROUGHFALL; WATER STRESS;

ABIES; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; DEHYDRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; SOIL;

ABIES; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; BIOMASS; CANADA; DEHYDRATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER;

ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 79955391782     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr006     Document Type: Article

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