Root traits across environmental gradients in Mediterranean woody communities: are they aligned along the root economics spectrum?

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Plant and Soil

• Publication date

  2017-10-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11104-017-3433-4
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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