Botanical ratchets

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1665, 2009, Pages 2243-2247

  Kulic I M ^a   Mani, M ^a   Mohrbach, H ^c   Thaokar, R ^d   Mahadevan, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropic surfaces; Biological ratchets; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AWN; BARLEY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRASS; HUMIDITY; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED DISPERSAL;

POACEAE;

EID: 66749114437     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1685     Document Type: Article

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