Quercitol links the physiology, taxonomy and evolution of 279 eucalypt species

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 810-819

  Merchant, Andrew ^a   Ladiges, Pauline Y ^b   Adams, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Australia; Cyclitol; Eucalypts; Mallee; Phylogeny; Quercitol

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; EVERGREEN TREE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANGOPHORA; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 35348879973     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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