Aspects of plant intelligence

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Trewavas, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individuality; Intelligence; Niche; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant behaviour; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0042234019     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg101     Document Type: Review

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