Prolonged leaf senescence in Clusia multiflora H.B.K.

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 370-377

  Olivares, Elizabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Clusia multiflora; Foliar aging; Leaf weight per area; Senescence; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

CLUSIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 0030905934     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050098     Document Type: Article

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