Rooting of Shorea leprosula stem cuttings decreases with increasing leaf area

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 247-254

  Aminah, H ^a   Dick, J McP ^b   Grace, J ^c  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leaf area; Photosynthesis; Rooting; Shorea leprosula; Water relations

Indexed keywords

SHOREA LEPROSULA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

LEAF AREA; ROOTING; STEM CUTTING;

EID: 0030617103     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03857-1     Document Type: Article

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