Guam's Cycas micronesica populations ravaged by supertyphoon Paka

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1116-1118

  Marier, Thomas ^a   Hirsh, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCAS; CYCAS MICRONESICA; GUIBOURTIA DEMEUSEI;

EID: 0032432589     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.7.1116     Document Type: Review

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