Impact of Cotyledon and Leaf Removal on Seedling Survival in Three Tree Species with Contrasting Cotyledon Functions

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-434

  Kitajima, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Browsing; Disease; Herbivory; Panama; Seed reserves; Seedling morphology

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAF; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0344530530     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00597.x     Document Type: Article

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