Potential desiccation tolerant vascular plants from Southeastern Brazil

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 17-21

  Meirelles, S T ^a   De Mattos, E A ^a   Da Silva, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Rock outcroppings; Southeastearn Brazil; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002306591     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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