Functional Traits of Pinus ponderosa Coarse Roots in Response to Slope Conditions

We excavated the root systems of Pinus ponderosa trees growing on a steeply sloped, volcanic ash-influenced soil in the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States to assess their functional coarse-root traits and root system architecture. Trees, outplanted as one-year-old seedlings from a contain...

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Main Authors: R. Kasten Dumroese, Mattia Terzaghi, Donato Chiatante, Gabriella S. Scippa, Bruno Lasserre, Antonio Montagnoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00947/full