Pneumatophore height and density in relation to microtopography in the grey mangrove Avicennia marina

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-221

  Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^a,b   Kairo, James G ^a,c   De Bondt, Ruth ^a   Koedam, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aerial roots; Avicennia; Kenya; Micro topography

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 38049110683     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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