Leaf gigantism in coastal areas: Morphological and physiological variation in four species on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Blackman, Christopher J ^a   Jordan, Gregory J ^a   Wiltshire, Robert J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; GIGANTISM; LEAF MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; TASMAN PENINSULA; TASMANIA; WORLD;

ACACIA VERTICILLATA; ALLOCASUARINA CRASSA; ALLOCASUARINA MONILIFERA; ALLOCASUARINA VERTICILLATA; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 18444384530     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04040     Document Type: Article

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