The water relations of Allosyncarpia ternata (Myrtaceae) at contrasting sites in the monsoonal tropics of Northern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-274

  Fordyce, I R ^a   Duff, G A ^a   Eamus, D ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSYNCARPIA TERNATA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0031009851     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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