Some aspects of leaf water relations in four provenances of Eucalyptus microtheca seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Li, Chunyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus microtheca; Leaf water relations; Osmotic adjustment; Provenance variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032495176     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00336-3     Document Type: Article

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