Heterotrophic gain of carbon from hosts by the xylem-tapping root hemiparasite Olax phyllanthi (Olacaceae)

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-376

  Tennakoon, K U ^a   Pate, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Heterotrophy for carbon; Host parasite relationships; Root hemiparasite; Xylem transport

Indexed keywords

OLAX PHYLLANTHI;

EID: 0030064425     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328740     Document Type: Article

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