Fertilisation residues alter leaf scleromorphy in an evergreen savannah shrub (Maprounea brasiliensis, Euphorbiaceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 266-273

  Delgado, Marina Neves ^a   Gomes, Misléia Rodrigues De Aguiar ^b   Báo, Sônia Nair ^b   Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cerrado; leaf anatomy; leaf mass per area; nitrogen.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANATOMY; CERRADO; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SAVANNA; SHRUB;

EID: 84879831832     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT12231     Document Type: Article

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