Patterns of litter production across a salinity gradient in a Pterocarpus officinalis tropical wetland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-315

  Eusse, Ana Maria ^a   Aide, T Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Forested wetlands; Productivity; Puerto Rico; Tropics

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FRUIT; LITTER; SALINITY; WETLAND;

PUERTO RICO;

PTEROCARPUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0033394286     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009832627166     Document Type: Article

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