Water relations of six sclerophylls growing near trieste (Northeastern Italy): Has sclerophylly a univocal functional significance?

Giornale Botanico Italiano

Volumn 130, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 811-828

  Nardini, Andrea ^a   Lo Gullo, Maria Assunta ^b   Tracanelli, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cavitation; Functional role; Sclerophylly; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010543292     PISSN: 00170070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263509609438352     Document Type: Article

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