Stem anatomy and relative growth rate in seedlings of a wide range of woody plant species and types

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Castro Diez P ^a,c   Puyravaud, J P ^a,d   Cornelissen, J H C ^a   Villar Salvador, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr Mejora Forestal El Serranillo   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d Sheffield University ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Leaf habit; Life forms; RGR; Stem anatomy; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031683037     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050563     Document Type: Article

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