Shapes of river networks and leaves: Are they statistically similar?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1394, 2000, Pages 307-311

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a   Turcotte, Donald L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal; Leaf veins; Network; Optimal; Rivers; Tokunaga

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034728404     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0566     Document Type: Article

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