Bioelectrical potentials of philodendron cordatum: A new method for investigation of behavior in plants

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 173-185

  Abramson, Charles I ^b   Garrido, Deborah J ^c   Lawson, Adam L ^a   Browne, Blaine L ^c   Thomas, David G ^c  

^a FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; LIGHT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 0036692255     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.173     Document Type: Article

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