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Constraints on the growth, propagation and utilization of mangroves in arid regions

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Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants

Part of the book series: Tasks for vegetation science ((TAVS,volume 27))

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Mangroves occur chiefly along humid tropical coastlines at low latitudes. However, a number of species have an ecological amplitude that allows them to grow along more arid coasts at greater latitudes, where their growth rate is often much lower than that in the humid tropics. The selection, propagation and utilization of appropriate species of mangrove in arid zones is considered in relation to environmental constraints on establishment and growth.

Contribution No. 588 from the Austra1ian Institute of Marine Science.

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Clough, B.F. (1993). Constraints on the growth, propagation and utilization of mangroves in arid regions. In: Lieth, H., Al Masoom, A.A. (eds) Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1858-3_36

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