Struggle in the flood: tree responses to flooding stress in four tropical floodplain systems

This review examines species diversity and structural, physiological and biochemical characteristics associated with survival of annual deep flooding of trees in four contrasting tropical floodplain ecosystems.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  AoB Plants

• Publication date

  2010-02-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/aobpla/plq003PMID 22476061PMCID 2965040
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