Evolutionary walks through a land plant morphospace

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 330, 1999, Pages 39-52

  Niklas, Karl J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Morphospace; Plants; Relative fitness

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032895738     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.330.39     Document Type: Article

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