Root and shoot biomasses in the tropical dry forest of semi-arid Northeast Brazil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 113-123

  Costa, Tânia L ^a   Sampaio, Everardo V S B ^b   Sales, Margareth F ^a   Accioly, Luciano J O ^c   Althoff, Tiago D ^b   Pareyn, Frans G C ^d   Albuquerque, Eliza R G M ^a   Menezes, Rômulo S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Associação Plantas do Nordeste Rua Dr Nina Rodrigues   (Brazil)

Author keywords

caatinga; Root shoot ratio; Successional stages

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REGENERATION; ROOT COMPETITION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84898854156     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-2009-1     Document Type: Article

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