Review of root dynamics in forest ecosystems grouped by climate, climatic forest type and species

Plant and Soil: An International Journal on Plant-Soil Relationships

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 159-219

  Vogt, Kristiina A ^a   Vogt, Daniel J ^a   Palmiotto, Peter A ^a   Boon, Paul ^a   O'Hara, Jennifer ^a   Asbjornsen, Heidi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

above and belowground biomass and production; above and belowground litter transfers; boreal forests; climatic variables; cold and warm temperate forests; forest floor accumulations; nutrients; soil organic matter; subtropical and tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 80955141796     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017088     Document Type: Review

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