Ferns, evolution, scale and intellectual impedimenta

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-506

  Proctor, Michael C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Ectohydry; Evolution; Ferns; Gametophyte; poikilohydry; Pteridophytes; Scale

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FERN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION; FERNS; WATER;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 35448972527     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02232.x     Document Type: Note

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