The Study of the Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants: Current Status and Needs
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 30 (1), 22-26
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308067
Abstract
Because of the rapid conversion of tropical forest lands to agricultural uses, knowledge about the physiological ecology of tropical plants is urgently needed to provide a basis for an understanding of the functioning of natural tropical ecosystems and of the consequences of their disruption.Keywords
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