Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 863-872

  Kong, Deliang ^a   Ma, Chengen ^b   Zhang, Qian ^c   Li, Le ^b   Chen, Xiaoyong ^c   Zeng, Hui ^a   Guo, Dali ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Branch order; Root anatomy; Root architecture; Root foraging strategies; Trait economics

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANATOMY; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SHRUB; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ABSORPTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FOREST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

ABSORPTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FORESTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 84904063623     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12842     Document Type: Article

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