Vegetative and reproductive phenology of the mangrove Kandelia obovata

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-129

  Kamruzzaman, Md ^a   Sharma, Sahadev ^a   Hagihara, Akio ^b  

^a Graduate School of Engineering and Science   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development phase; Litter fall; Monthly variation; Phenogram; Time lag

Indexed keywords

KANDELIA OBOVATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84876713809     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2012.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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