Biomechanical responses of aquatic plants to aerial conditions

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1869-1878

  Hamann, Elena ^a   Puijalon, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic herbaceous plants.; Biomechanics; Mechanical stress; Phenotypic plasticity; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; AQUATIC PLANT; BENDING; BIOMECHANICS; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STIFFNESS; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC HERBACEOUS PLANTS; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RIGIDITY; STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AQUATIC HERBACEOUS PLANTS; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH;

ANGIOSPERMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84889793509     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct221     Document Type: Article

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