Terrestrial vs aquatic plants: How general is the drag tolerance-avoidance trade-off?

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-8

  Anten, Niels P R ^a   Sterck, Frank J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Evolution; Mechanical stress; Strategies; Trade off; Water; Wind

Indexed keywords

NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TROPIC CLIMATE; WIND; WOOD;

PLANT SHOOTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WIND; WOOD;

EID: 82955161758     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03994.x     Document Type: Note

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