How similar are branching networks in nature? A view from the ocean: Caribbean gorgonian corals

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-138

  Sánchez, Juan Armando ^a,b   Lasker, Howard R ^b   Zeng, Wei ^c   Coluci, Vitor R ^d   Simpson, Carl ^e  

^a National Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LETTER; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEA; TREE;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA;

EID: 0242584512     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00017-1     Document Type: Letter

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