Ecological and genetic implications of foliar polymorphism in Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud. (Myrtaceae) in a habitat matrix on Mauna Loa, Hawaii

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-497

  Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a   Pattison, Robert ^b   Cordell, Susan ^b   Webb, David ^b   Mueller Dombois, Dieter ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Common garden experiment; Cuticle; Foliar pubescence; Hawaii Metrosideros polymorpha; Natural selection; Photosynthesis; Polymorphism; Primary succession; Water potential

Indexed keywords

FOLIAR POLYMORPHISM; GLABROUS PHENOTPYE; PUBESCENT PHENOTYPE;

HAWAII; MAUNA LOA; USA;

LOA; MAUNA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0030751391     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0473     Document Type: Article

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