Aggregated and complementary: Symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 731-742

  Valverde Barrantes, Oscar J ^a   Smemo, Kurt A ^a,b   Feinstein, Larry M ^c   Kershner, Mark W ^a   Blackwood, Christopher B ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Holden Arboretum   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Fine root biomass; Morphological root traits; Niche complementarity; Overyielding; Plant soil interactions; Root community composition; Root proliferation

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; OHIO; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84919665127     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13179     Document Type: Article

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