Plants: Adaptive behavior, root-brains, and minimal cognition

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-171

  Garzón, Paco Calvo ^a   Keijzer, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adaptive behavior; minimal cognition; Plant intelligence; plant neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959426302     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712311409446     Document Type: Article

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