Early Root Overproduction Not Triggered by Nutrients Decisive for Competitive Success Belowground

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Padilla, Francisco M ^a,c   Mommer, Liesje ^a,b   de Caluwe, Hannie ^a   Smit Tiekstra, Annemiek E ^a   Wagemaker, Cornelis A M ^a   Ouborg, N Joop ^a   de Kroon, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; COCULTURE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; FESCUE; FESTUCA RUBRA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MONOCULTURE; NITRATE DEPLETION; NITRATE UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT LENGTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY;

BIOMASS; FESTUCA; NITRATES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873176714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055805     Document Type: Article

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