Interspecific coordination and intraspecific plasticity of fine root traits in North American temperate tree species

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Tobner, Cornelia M ^a   Paquette, Alain ^a   Messier, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branching intensity; Fine root diameter; Functional traits; Phenotypic plasticity; Specific root length; Tree fine roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891084020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00242     Document Type: Article

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