Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 823-831

  Luke Mccormack, M ^a   Adams, Thomas S ^a   Smithwick, Erica A H ^a   Eissenstat, David M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem modeling; Functional traits; Minirhizotron; Root turnover; Scaling; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FINE ROOT; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT ROOT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PLANT ROOTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84864548442     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04198.x     Document Type: Article

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