The adaptive value of shoot differentiation in deciduous trees and its evolutionary relevance Valor adaptativo de la diferenciación de brotes en árboles deciduos y su relevancia evolutiva
Pronounced long shoot/short shoot differentiation is typical for deciduous angiosperm trees. It also occurs in a number of gymnosperms and very few evergreen angiosperm trees. The study of 719 angiosperm tree species (602 deciduous and 117 evergreen species) demonstrated that the deciduous condition...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedad Argentina de Botánica
2009-12-01
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Series: | Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-23722009000200017 |