Leaf growth and demography of the rheophytic fern Thelypteris angustifolia (Willdenow) Proctor in a Puerto Rican rainforest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-212

  Sharpe, Joanne M ^a  

^a Sharplex Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Fern sporophyte; Leaf expansion; Leaf longevity; Luquillo experimental forest; Phenology; Sterile fertile leaf dimorphy

Indexed keywords

THELYPTERIS ANGUSTIFOLIA;

FERN; LEAF DEMOGRAPHY; LEAF GROWTH;

PUERTO RICO, LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, SONADORA RIVER;

EID: 0030616669     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009766412840     Document Type: Article

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