The Biology of Australian PlantsJ. S. Pate, A. J. McComb This book is a coollection of papers that where presented at the 1979 symposium on 'The Biology of Native Australian Plants', held at the University of Western Australia. |
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acid adaptation air-dry arid assimilation Atriplex Aust Australian plants bark Burchardia Calandrinia cells Cheilanthes desiccation tolerance distribution dormancy Drosera Drosera erythrorhiza drought tolerance dry matter Ecol ecological ecosystems effect environment environmental eucalypt eucalypt forest example factors fire flora flowers Gaff genera genus germination Gill grasses habitats halophytes jarrah leaf water leaves levels lignotuber Lindl litter low nutrient mechanisms metabolism Micraira Monocalyptus monocotyledons morphology Muell mycorrhizas nitrogen nutrient occur osmotic patterns phosphate phosphorus photosynthesis pilularis populations Posidonia protein proteoid roots Pryor rainfall range region regnans relatively response resurrection plants root system root tubers salinity salt sclerophyll seagrass season seed seedlings shoot soil South southern speciation species stem stomatal storage organs studies Stylidium Stylidium petiolare suggested survival Table taxa temperature tion tissue transpiration tree tubers uptake variation vegetative growth water potential water relations water stress Western Australia Xanthorrhoea