Inter- and intra-specific variation in phyllode size and growth form among closely related Mimosaceae Acacia species across a semiarid landscape gradient

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-439

  Page, Gerald F M ^a   Cullen, Louise E ^a   Van Leeuwen, Stephen ^b   Grierson, Pauline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Bentley Delivery Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH FORM; HILLSLOPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; TOPOGRAPHY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA; FABACEAE; PHYLLODES;

EID: 80052452379     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT11057     Document Type: Article

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