Plant root growth and the marginal value theorem

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4747-4751

  McNickle, Gordon G ^a   Cahill, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optimal foraging; Plant behavior; Root foraging; Root movement giving up time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE; MARGINAL VALUE THEOREM; NONHUMAN; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; ACHILLEA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

ACHILLEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849180289     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807971106     Document Type: Article

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