The attachment strategy of English ivy: A complex mechanism acting on several hierarchical levels

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 1383-1389

  Melzer, Björn ^a   Steinbrecher, Tina ^b   Seidel, Robin ^a   Kraft, Oliver ^b   Schwaiger, Ruth ^b   Speck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Attachment system; English ivy; Form structure function; Hedera helix; Root climber

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; ATTACHMENT SYSTEM; ENGLISH IVY; FORM-STRUCTURE-FUNCTION; HEDERA HELIX; ROOT CLIMBER;

SUBSTRATES;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CLIMBING PLANT; FIBER; IVY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; ROOT HAIR;

ADHESION; HARDWOODS; SUBSTRATES; TREES;

HEDERA HELIX;

EID: 77956606237     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0140     Document Type: Article

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