Leaf morphology of 89 tree species from a lowland tropical rain forest (Atlantic Forest) in South Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 933-943

  Torres Boeger, Maria Regina ^a   Alves, Luiz Carlos ^a   Bonatto Negrelle, Raquel Rejane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Leaf anatomy; Leaf morphology; Lowland tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944378844     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132004000600013     Document Type: Article

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