A method for extracting plant roots from soil which facilitates rapid sample processing without compromising measurement accuracy

This study evaluates a novel method for extracting roots from soil samples and applies it to estimate standing crop root mass (+/- confidence intervals) in an eastern Amazon rainforest. Roots were manually extracted from soil cores over a period of 40 min, which was split into 10 min time intervals....

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 174(2007), 3 vom: 01., Seite 697-703
1. Verfasser: Metcalfe, D B (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Williams, M, Aragão, L E O C, Da Costa, A C L, De Almeida, S S, Braga, A P, Gonçalves, P H L, De Athaydes, J, Junior, Silva, Malhi, Y, Meir, P
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Evaluation Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Soil