Leaf fracture toughness and sclerophylly: their correlations and ecological implications

New Phytologist

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 597-610

  CHOONG, M F ^a   LUCAS, P W ^a   ONG, J S Y ^a   PEREIRA, B ^a   TAN, H T W ^a   TURNER, I M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

herbivory; Leaf fracture toughness; mangroves; sclerophylly; tropical secondary forests

Indexed keywords

ADINANDRA BELUKAR; LEAF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MANGROVE; SCLEROPHYLLY; TREMA BELUKAR;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0027064138     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1992.tb01131.x     Document Type: Article

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