Integrated Root Responses to Variations in Nutrient Supply

  • D. Robinson
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Part of the Ecological Studies book series (ECOLSTUD, volume 181)

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Root Length Density Developmental Response Resource Capture Root Plasma Membrane Metabolic Scaling Theory 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • D. Robinson
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  1. 1.Plant and Soil Science, School of Biological SciencesUniversity of AberdeenAberdeenScotland, UK

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