Seasonal changes in leaf water characteristics of Eucalyptus tetrodonta and Terminalia ferdinandiana saplings in a northern Australian savanna

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-599

  Prior, L D ^a   Eamus, D ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS TETRODONTA; TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA;

EID: 0032741080     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT98014     Document Type: Article

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