Variability in root production, phenology, and turnover rate among 12 temperate tree species

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2224-2235

  Luke McCormack, M ^a,b   Adams, Thomas S ^a   Smithwick, Erica A H ^a   Eissenstat, David M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Common garden; Ecosystem modeling; Fine root turnover; Heuristic model; Minirhizotron; Nutrient uptake; Phenology; Plant competition; Root biomass; Root life span; Standing crop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TIME; TREE;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84905657796     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1942.1     Document Type: Article

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