Architectural patterns of eight Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species of Brazil

Flora

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-226

  Sposito, T C ^a   Santos, F A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Branching ratio; Myrmecophytes; Pioneers; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; TREE;

BRAZIL;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA CONCOLOR; CECROPIA GLAZIOVII; CECROPIA HOLOLEUCA; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; CECROPIA PALMATA; CECROPIA PURPURASCENS; CECROPIA SCIADOPHYLLA; CECROPIA ULEI; URTICACEAE;

EID: 0034969899     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30043-9     Document Type: Article

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