Nutrient and salt relations of Pterocarpus officinalis L. in coastal wetlands of the Caribbean: Assessment through leaf and soil analyses

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-327

  Medina, Ernesto ^a,b   Cuevas, Elvira ^a,c   Lugo, Ariel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cation compartmentation; Mangroves; Pterocarpus officinalis; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

CATION COMPARTMENTATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC TISSUES; SALT TOLERANCE;

WETLANDS;

FOLIAR ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; NUTRIENTS; PTEROCARPUS OFFICINALIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

ACROSTICHUM AUREUM; FILICOPHYTA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS OFFICINALIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34248199336     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0125-3     Document Type: Article

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