Convergence of a specialized root trait in plants from nutrient-impoverished soils: phosphorus-acquisition strategy in a nonmycorrhizal cactus

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-355

  Abrahao A ^a   Lambers, H ^b   Sawaya, A C H F ^a   Mazzafera, P ^a   Oliveira, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carboxylates; Cerrado; Manganese; Root exudates; Root hairs

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SORPTION; SPECIALIZATION;

CACTACEAE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXUDATE; SOIL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAZIL; CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL;

BRAZIL; CACTACEAE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL;

EID: 84907774128     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3033-4     Document Type: Article

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