Most of the methods currently used to measure root respiration introduce various disturbances which may lead to biased results, and require destruction of roots which does not permit repeated measurements of root growth and respiration. A root box method was developed for measurement of root respiration, as well as root...
Three Nelder plots of 3-year-old red alder (Alnus rubra Bong) were used for this study at the Cascade Head Experimental Forest, Oregon in the growing season of 1988 at an elevation of 330 meters. Each Nelder plot
represented a range of densities from 238 to 101,219 trees per hectare. The...
