Expanding the coverage of plant trait databases - A comparison of specific leaf area derived from fresh and dried leaves

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 383-388

  Queenborough, Simon A ^a   Porras, Cristina ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

herbarium; leaf lamina; leaves; SLA; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893240418     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.777483     Document Type: Article

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