Relationships between fire response, morphology, root anatomy and starch distribution in south-west Australian epacridaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-364

  Bell, Tina L ^a   Pate, John S ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epacridaceae; Growth rings; Growth zones; Resprouter; Seeder; South west Australia; Starch storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000141495     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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