Morphological plasticity of ectomycorrhizal short roots in Betula sp and Picea abies forests across climate and forest succession gradients: Its role in changing environments

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Ostonen, Ivika ^a   Rosenvald, Katrin ^a   Helmisaari, Heljä Sisko ^b   Godbold, Douglas ^c   Parts, Kaarin ^a   Uri, Veiko ^d   Lõhmus, Krista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Climate gradient; Ectomycorrhizal roots; Forest succession; Morphological characteristics; Norway spruce; Plasticity; Root acclimation; Silver birch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899891552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00335     Document Type: Article

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