Leaf ecology of pre-reproductive ontogenetic stages of the palm tree Euterpe edulis Mart. (Arecaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-233

  De Carvalho, Roberta M ^a   Martins, Fernando R ^a   Santos, Flavio A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Euterpe edulis; Herbivory; Leaf ecology; Leaf growth; Leaf production; Semideciduous forest; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LEAF; SURVIVAL;

ARECACEAE; CATOSTOMIDAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EUTERPE EDULIS;

EID: 0032981777     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0810     Document Type: Article

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