Fine root morphological and functional traits in Fagus sylvatica and Fraxinus excelsior saplings as dependent on species, root order and competition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 143-156

  Beyer, Friderike ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^b   Leuschner, Christoph ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; Belowground competition response; N content; Root order analysis; Specific root area; Specific root length

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONSPECIFIC; DECIDUOUS TREE; FINE ROOT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 84888293867     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1752-7     Document Type: Article

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