Morphological and physiological plasticity of plant roots when nutrients are both spatially and temporally heterogeneous

Plant and Soil

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 373-384

  Mou, Pu ^a   Jones, Robert H ^b   Tan, Zengquan ^a   Bao, Zhe ^c   Chen, Hongmei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphological plasticity; Physiological plasticity; Root nutrient foraging; Root shoot ratio; Soil nutrient heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; PATCHINESS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CALLISTEPHUS; LIQUIDAMBAR; SOLIDAGO;

EID: 84873729590     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1336-y     Document Type: Article

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