Little Evidence of Leaf Damage to Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor; Arecaceae) during an Unusual Arctic Outbreak
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Butler, C.J. Little Evidence of Leaf Damage to Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor; Arecaceae) during an Unusual Arctic Outbreak. Ecologies 2022, 3, 267-274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030021
Butler CJ. Little Evidence of Leaf Damage to Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor; Arecaceae) during an Unusual Arctic Outbreak. Ecologies. 2022; 3(3):267-274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030021
Chicago/Turabian StyleButler, Christopher J. 2022. "Little Evidence of Leaf Damage to Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor; Arecaceae) during an Unusual Arctic Outbreak" Ecologies 3, no. 3: 267-274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030021
APA StyleButler, C. J. (2022). Little Evidence of Leaf Damage to Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor; Arecaceae) during an Unusual Arctic Outbreak. Ecologies, 3(3), 267-274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030021