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DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00682.x - Corpus ID: 85816861
@article{Schenk2002RootingDL, title={Rooting depths, lateral root spreads and below‐ground/above‐ground allometries of plants in water‐limited ecosystems}, author={H. Jochen Schenk and Robert B. Jackson}, journal={Journal of Ecology}, year={2002}, volume={90}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85816861}}- H. Schenk, R. B. Jackson
- Published 1 June 2002
- Environmental Science
- Journal of Ecology
1 In water‐limited environments, the availability of water and nutrients to plants depends on environmental conditions, sizes and shapes of their root systems, and root competition. The goal of this study was to predict root system sizes and shapes for different plant growth forms using data on above‐ground plant sizes, climate and soil texture. 2 A new data set of > 1300 records of root system sizes for individual plants was collected from the literature for deserts, scrublands, grasslands…
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