Sampling volume in root studies: The pitfalls of under-sampling exposed using accumulation curves

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 862-869

  Taylor, Benton N ^a   Beidler, Katilyn V ^a   Cooper, Emily R ^a   Strand, Allan E ^a   Pritchard, Seth G ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractals; Minirhizotron; Monolith; Roots; Sample volume; Scaling; Soil core; Species accumulation curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931748971     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12119     Document Type: Article

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