Leaf construction cost in Avicennia germinans as affected by salinity under field conditions

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-116

  Suarez N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ash; Crude fiber; Heat of combustion; Leaf maintenance cost; Lipids; Mangroves; Osmotic potential

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 17044432733     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-1116-0     Document Type: Article

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