Fractal geometry is heritable in trees

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2100-2102

  Bailey, Joseph K ^a   Bangert, Randy K ^a   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a   Trotter III, R Talbot ^a   Shuster, Stephen M ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Broad sense heritability; Community genetics; Populus; Scaling

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 5344265426     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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