Vertical profiles in a Brunei rain forest: II. Leaf characteristics of Dryobalanops lanceolata

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-66

  Barker, Martin G ^a,c   Booth, Webber E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy; Dipterocarpaceac; Leaf ecophysiology; Leaf morphology; Understory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001251710     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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