Seasonal variation in root carbohydrate reserves of three shrubs in the Chaco Occidental (Argentina)

Biological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-97

  Casenave, Ester C ^a   Meloni, Diego A ^a   Toselli, Maria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acacia furcatispina; Capparis atamisquea; Carbohydrate reserves; Larrea divaricata; Root; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; STARCH; SUGAR;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FORESTRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031798510     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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