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Woody plants, carbon allocation and fine roots
| Authors: | Kurt S. Pregitzer |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Type: | Scientific Journal |
| Station: | Northern Research Station |
| Source: | New Phytologist. 158: 421-424. |
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Abstract
The ability of woody plants to survive for decades, centuries, sometimes millennia, is due in part to their capacity to withstand environmental stress by shifting their resources from roots, to shoots, to storage reserves.