Biogeographic variation in foliar waxes of mangrove species

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Rafii, Zara A ^a   Dodd, Richard S ^b   Fromard, François ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Avicenniaceae; biogeographic variation; Combretaceae; Conocarpus erectus; epicuticular wax; hydrocarbons; Laguncularia racemosa; R. racemosa; R. x harrisonii; Rhizophora mangle; Rhizophoraceae

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; WAX;

ARTICLE; FOREST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; TREE;

EID: 0030162023     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(96)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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