Wind effects on leaf morphology for the mangrove Conocarpus erecta at an oceanic island from the Mexican Pacific Ocean

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-463

  De La Barrera, Erick ^a,b   Walter, Hartmut S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Hurricane damage; Island biogeography; Laguncularia racemosa; Reynolds number; Rhizophora mangle

Indexed keywords

CONOCARPUS; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33947491750     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2006000400004     Document Type: Article

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