Reflections on 'plant neurobiology'

BioSystems

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-147

  Barlow, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosemiotics; Electrical impulses; Environmental signs; Information; Living Systems Theory; Plant neurobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PLANT NEUROBIOLOGY; PLANT STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORY; VASCULAR TISSUE; XYLEM;

EID: 41549148179     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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