Elevational variation of leaf traits in montane rain forest tree species at La Chinantla, southern México

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 534-546

  Velázquez Rosas, Noé ^a   Meave, Jorge ^a   Vázquez Santana, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptive morphology; Cloud forest; Elevational gradient; Leaf anatomy; Leaf characteristics; Leaf morphology; M xico; Montane rain forest; Oaxaca

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ELEVATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOMETRY;

LA CHINANTLA; MEXICO; OAXACA STATE;

EID: 0036960257     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00572.x     Document Type: Article

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