Leaf properties and construction costs of common, co-occurring plant species of disturbed heath forest in Borneo

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-507

  Osunkoya, Olusegun O ^a   Bujang, Dahliayana ^a   Moksin, Huzaimi ^a   Wimmer, Franz L ^a   Holige, Thippeswamy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Brunei Agricultural Research Centre   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; RAINFOREST;

ASIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACACIA; ALPHITONIA; FRAXINUS; MACARANGA;

EID: 4444285506     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT04018     Document Type: Article

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