Gradation in nutrient composition and photosynthetic pathways: Across the restinga vegetation of Brazil

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-142

  Reinert, F ^b   Roberts, A ^b   Wilson, J M ^b   De Ribas, L ^b   Cardinot, G ^b   Griffiths, H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bromeliads; CAM; Clusia; coastal vegetation; Nutrient composition; stable isotopes; vegetation zonation

Indexed keywords

CLUSIACEAE; ERYTHROXYLUM; EUGENIA; EUGENIA ROTUNDIFOLIA; NEOREGELIA; NEOREGELIA CRUENTA; ORCHIDACEAE; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 0030920043     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00620.x     Document Type: Article

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