Plant traits and decomposition: Are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 463-472

  Birouste, Marine ^a   Kazakou, Elena ^a   Blanchard, Alain ^a   Roumet, Catherine ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Above groundbelow ground interaction; chemical composition; interspecific variation; leaf decomposition; life history; Mediterranean species; morphology; plant functional traits; root decomposition; taxonomic families

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FINE ROOT; GRASSLAND; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SOIL;

ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84856755976     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr297     Document Type: Article

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