Leaf anatomy of a secondary montane Quercus forest in Costa Rica

The leaf anatomy of 14 secondary and 17 primary tree species was studied in a 30 yr old secondary, montane Quercus forest in the Costa Rican Cordillera de Talamanca. On the average, foliar tissues are thicker in secondary species, due to the high proportion of spongy parenchyma for water storage. In...

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Main Authors: Leal, Miguel E, Kappelle, Maarten
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 1994
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/23223

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