Soil water potential does not affect leaf morphology or cuticular characters important for palaeo-environmental reconstructions in southern beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii (Nothofagaceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Hovenden, Mark J ^a   Vander Schoor, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CUTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL WATER; SUBFOSSIL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

FAGUS; NOTHOFAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII;

EID: 84859402998     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT11286     Document Type: Article

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