Intraspecific variation in root and leaf traits and leaf-root trait linkages in eight aspen demes (populus tremula and p tremuloides)

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Hajek, Peter ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fine root morphology; Genetic variation; Intraspecificvariation; Relative growth rate; Root tissue density; Specific root area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901048029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00415     Document Type: Article

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