An ecological interpretation of the difference in leaf anatomy and its plasticity in contrasting tree species in Orange Kloof, Table Mountain, South Africa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-114

  Hlwatika, C N M ^a   Bhat, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Habitat; Leaf anatomy; Morphological adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity; Xeromorphy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

OLEA CAPENSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; SOUTH AFRICA; TREE;

CELL SIZE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREES;

EID: 0036043202     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf011     Document Type: Article

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