Branch construction and bud defence status at the canopy surface of a West African rainforest

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-499

  Bell, A D ^a   Bell, A ^a   Dines, T D ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Branch unit; Branching; Bud defence status; Crown architecture; Defence attributes; Herbivory; Rainforest; Tree

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; GROWTH FORM; PLANT DEFENSE; RAINFOREST;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0032964617     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0263     Document Type: Article

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