Root diameter variations explained by anatomy and phylogeny of 50 tropical and temperate tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 415-425

  Gu, Jiacun ^a   Xu, Yang ^a   Dong, Xueyun ^b   Wang, Hongfeng ^a   Wang, Zhengquan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

angiosperm species; root anatomy; root branch order; root morphology; temperate forests; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DIVERGENCE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE;

CHINA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; FOREST; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; FORESTS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84900302546     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu019     Document Type: Article

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