Stilt root structure in the neotropical palms Iriartea deltoidea and Socratea exorrhiza

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-53

  Avalos, Gerardo ^a,b   Salazar, Diego ^b   Araya, Ana L ^b  

^a Center for Sustainable Development Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Iriartea deltoidea; Palm architecture; Socratea exorrhiza; Stilt roots; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

PLANT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM ALICASTRUM; IRIARTEA; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; SOCRATEA; SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA;

EID: 17644392109     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.03148.x     Document Type: Article

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