Contact separation force of the fruit burrs in four plant species adapted to dispersal by mechanical interlocking

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-381

  Gorb, Elena ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A; Attachment; B; Burr number; Db; Dd; Diaspore; Epizoochory; Fruit weight; Mechanical adhesion; Morphological burr variables; The diameter of a burr in basal part; The first exponential coefficient; The second exponential coefficient

Indexed keywords

AGRIMONIA; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; ANIMALIA; CIRCAEA LUTETIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GALIUM; GALIUM APARINE; GEUM; GEUM URBANUM;

EID: 1542787223     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(02)01381-5     Document Type: Article

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