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Are age and height correlated in Chamaedorea tepejilote (Palmae)?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. Oyama
K. Oyama
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Centro de Ecología, UNAM Apartado Postal 70–275, México, 04510, DF
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Keywords

Chamaedorea tepejilotegrowthlifespanpalmstropics
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 381 - 385
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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