Variation in leaf structure and function of the mediterranean tree Fraxinus ornus L. Growing in ecologically contrasting habitats at the margin of its range

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-82

  Kalapos, Tibor ^a   Csontos, P ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bulk leaf tissue density; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Leaf morphology; Physiological plasticity; Pressure volume analysis

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ORNUS; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 0038663169     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500312331351351     Document Type: Article

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