The length of the dry season may be associated with leaf scleromorphism in cerrado plants

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1691-1699

  Souza, Marcelo C ^a   Franco, Augusto C ^b   Haridasan, Mundayatan ^b   Rossatto, Davi R ^a   De Araújo, Janaína F ^b   Morellato, Leonor P C ^a   Habermann, Gustavo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mineral nutrition; Rainfall seasonality; Savanna; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SOIL; TREE;

BRAZIL; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84942337345     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0001-376520150381     Document Type: Article

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