caa a22 4500 477111335 CHVBK 20180405111609.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00009335 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00009335 An inflatable minirhizotron system for stony soils [Elektronische Daten] [Bernat López, Santiago Sabaté, Carlos Gracia] Commonly used minirhizotron methodologies imply the introduction of rigid frames into the soil. This can be a problem if the hole presents an irregular surface, because the presence of gaps can modify the normal behaviour of roots growing along the soil-tube interface. Some authors have developed inflatable adaptations of the technique, but some of these still need the introduction of a rigid frame and others have the often added problem of the wall opaqueness. An inflatable adaptation of the minirhizotron technique has been developed to be used in stony soils. These kind of soils, common in many forests, as in mediterranean forested areas, would present too irregular surface holes to place rigid frames inside. The adaptation proposed allows the use of minirhizotrons in stony soils, with the added advantage of not having anything between the endoscope and the roots when recordings are made, which highly improves the image quality. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 fine roots nationallicence methodology nationallicence minirhizotron nationallicence stony soils nationallicence López Bernat Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Sabaté Santiago Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Gracia Carlos Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut Plant and Soil Kluwer Academic Publishers 179/2(1996-02-01), 255-260 0032-079X 179:2<255 1996 179 11104 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009335 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009335 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- López Bernat Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sabaté Santiago Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gracia Carlos Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant and Soil Kluwer Academic Publishers 179/2(1996-02-01), 255-260 0032-079X 179:2<255 1996 179 11104 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer