Leaf temperature of desert sand dune plants: Perspectives on the adaptability of leaf morphology

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-43

  Hegazy, Ahmad K ^a   El Amry, Mamdouh I ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Desert; Morphology; Plants; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DUNE PLANT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EGYPT, NILE DELTA;

EID: 0031899854     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1998.109-89109.x     Document Type: Article

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