Descendant root volume varies as a function of root type: Estimation of root biomass lost during uprooting in Pinus pinaster

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Danjon, Fédéric ^a,b   Caplan, Joshua S ^c   Fortin, Mathieu ^d   Meredieu, Céline ^a,b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

3D digitizing; Biomechanics; Forest trees; Fractal branching analysis; Pinus pinaster; Root system architecture; Structurai root biomass; Uprooting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900986929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00402     Document Type: Article

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