A quantitative analysis of the three-dimensional spatial colonization by a plant as illustrated by white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-370

  Christophe, Angélique ^a   Moulia, Bruno ^a   Varlet Grancher, Claude ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

3 D digitizing; Internodes; Nonparametric analysis; Ontogenesis; Petioles; Plant architecture; Quantitative analysis; Spatial colonization by plants; Trifolium repens L.; White clover

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSION; ONTOGENY; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0038606446     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374194     Document Type: Article

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