The effect of dry season irrigation on leaf phenology and the implications for herbivory in a tropical understory community

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 142-149

  Aide, T Mitchell ^a   Angulo Sandoval, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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