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Guettarda scabra

Popularity of Guettarda scabra over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Guettarda scabra (filled column histogram and left hand axis scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (complete line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in box on the left hand side); Plots of a proportional micro index, derived from numbers of papers mentioning Guettarda scabra as a proportion (scaled by multiplying by one million) of the total number of papers published for that year (broken line frequency polygon and right hand scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (broken line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in broken line box on the right hand side)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Redwine JR, Sawicki R, Lorenz JJ, Hoffman W (2007) Ripe fruit availability in the fragmented hardwood forests of the northern Florida Keys. Natural Areas Journal 27, 8-15. Contact: Redwine, Jed R. ; Florida Int Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Univ Pk Campus, Miami, FL 33199 USA

 

Sah JP, Ross MS, Koptur S, Snyder JR (2004) Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 203, 319-29. Contact: Sah, J. P. ; SE Environm Res Ctr, Florida Int Univ, Miami, FL, 33199, USA

 

Gonzalez OJ, Zak DR (1996) Tropical dry forests of St. Lucia, West Indies: Vegetation and soil properties. Biotropica 28, 618-26. Contact: Zak, Donald R.; Sch. Natural Resources Environment, Univ. Mich., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115, USA

 

Koptur S, Richards JH (1996) Comparative floral biology and breeding systems of smooth- and rough-leaved velvet seed, Guettarda elliptica Sw. and G. scabra (L.) Vent., in the Everglades. American Journal of Botany 83. Contact: Dep. Biol. Sci., Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA

 

Richards JH, Koptur S (1993) Floral variation and distyly in Guettarda scabra (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany 80, 31-40. Contact: Richards, Jennifer H. ; Dep. Biol. Sci., Florida International Univ., Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL 33199, USA

 

Anderson RS (1991) A New Species of Plocetes from the Florida Keys with Notes on Other Species Occurring in the USA Coleoptera Curculionidae Curculioninae Tychiini. Florida Entomologist 74, 105-10. Contact: ANDERSON R S; CAN MUS NAT, PO BOX 3443, STATION D, OTTAWA, ONT K1P 6P4, CAN

 

Koptur S, Richards JH (1988) Breeding System of Rough-Leaved Velvet Seed Guettarda-Scabra L. Vent. In the Everglades Florida USA. American Journal of Botany 75. Contact: KOPTUR S ; DEP BIOL SCI, FLORIDA INST UNIV, MIAMI, FLA 33199, USA

 

Richards JH, Koptur S (1987) Definition and Development of Unusual Heterostyly in Guettarda-Scabra L. Vent. Rubiaceae. American Journal of Botany 74. Contact: RICHARDS J H ; DEP BIOLOGICAL SCI, FLA INT UNIV, MIAMI, FLA 33199, USA

 

Beard JS (1945) Forestry in the Leeward Island. Barbuda Bull Development and Welfare in West Indies 7B, 1-13.

 

Standley PC (1931) Studies of American plants long dash V. Field Mus Nat Hist Bot Ser 8, 295-398.

 

 

 

 


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