Scaling of stem and crown in eight Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species of Brazil

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 939-949

  Sposito, Tereza C ^a   Santos, Flavio A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brazil; Cecropia; Cecropiaceae; Myrmecophyte; Pioneer; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001393692     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657047     Document Type: Article

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