• Biology, Medicine
• Published in The New phytologist 2014
• DOI:10.1111/nph.12842

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

@article{Kong2014LeadingDI,
  title={Leading dimensions in absorptive root trait variation across 96 subtropical forest species.},
  author={Deliang Kong and Chengen Ma and Qian Zhang and Le Li and Xiaoyong Chen and Hui Zeng and Dali Guo},
  journal={The New phytologist},
  year={2014},
  volume={203 3},
  pages={
          863-72
        }
}

• Deliang Kong, Chengen Ma, +4 authors Dali Guo

Absorptive root traits show remarkable cross-species variation, but major root trait dimensions across species have not been defined. We sampled first-order roots and measured 14 root traits for 96 angiosperm woody species from subtropical China, including root diameter, specific root length, stele diameter, cortex thickness, root vessel size and density, mycorrhizal colonization rate, root branching intensity, tissue density, and concentrations of carbon and nitrogen ([N]). Root traits… CONTINUE READING

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