Sun-shade adaptability of the red mangrove, rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae): Changes through ontogeny at several levels of biological organization

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1131-1143

  Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

anatomy; architecture; Belize; flexibility; light; ontogeny; photosynth esis; Rhizoph ora

Indexed keywords

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0029959222     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446196     Document Type: Article

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