Indirect Methods Produce Higher Estimates of Fine Root Production and Turnover Rates than Direct Methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Yuan, Z Y ^a   Chen, Han Y H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESERT; DIRECT ESTIMATE; INDIRECT ESTIMATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT PRODUCTION; TAIGA; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TUNDRA; TURNOVER TIME; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

CARBON; DATA COLLECTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL;

EID: 84869038012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048989     Document Type: Article

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