Fractal Dimension Does Not Adequately Describe The Complexity Of Leaf Margin In Seedlings Of Quercus Species

Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-71

  Camarero, Jesus Julio ^a,b   Siso, Sergio ^a   Gil Pelegrjn, Eustaquio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

box counting method; complexity; fractal dimension; leaf lobation; oak

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644292520     PISSN: 02111322     EISSN: 19883196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2002.v60.i1.082     Document Type: Article

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