Leaf longevity, construction, and maintenance costs of three mangrove species under field conditions

Photosynthetica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-381

  Suarez N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ash; Avicennia germinans; Heat of combustion; Laguncularia racemosa; Leaf age; Leaf half lifetime; Rhizophora mangle; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; FRAXINUS; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 17544387388     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000015461.36848.c5     Document Type: Article

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