Lower order roots more palatable to herbivores: A case study with two temperate tree species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-361

  Sun, Yue ^a,c   Gu, Jiacun ^a   Zhuang, Haifeng ^a   Guo, Dali ^b   Wang, Zhengquan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fine root biomass and production; Ingrowth core; Insecticide; Root branch order; Root feeders; Soil sequential core

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CELLULOSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FINE ROOT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECTICIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PALATABILITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROOT SYSTEM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; LARIX; LARIX GMELINII;

EID: 80052704327     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0854-3     Document Type: Article

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