Moving with climbing plants from Charles Darwin's time into the 21st century

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1205-1221

  Isnard, Sandrine ^a,b   Silk, Wendy K ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment mechanism; Biomechanics; Growth; Hydraulic; Lianas; Plant anatomy; Twining plants; Vines

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLIMBING PLANT; EXUDATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VINE; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 69249202466     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900045     Document Type: Review

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