Effects of Nutrient Heterogeneity and Competition on Root Architecture of Spruce Seedlings: Implications for an Essential Feature of Root Foraging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Nan, Hongwei ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Chen, Jinsong ^a   Cheng, Xinying ^a   Yin, Huajun ^a   Yin, Chunying ^a   Zhao, Chunzhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FORAGING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; ROOT MORPHOLOGY; ROOT ORDER TO TOTAL FINE ROOT; ROOT TIP OVER THE ROOT SURFACE; SEEDLING; SPRUCE; SUBCLASSES TO TOTAL FINE ROOT; VEGETATION; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

PICEA; PICEA ASPERATA;

FERTILIZER; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; PICEA; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SOIL;

EID: 84878804628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065650     Document Type: Article

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