Breaking the Silence - Language and the Making of Meaning in Plants

Ecopsychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 145-152

  Gagliano, Monica ^a   Grimonprez, Mavra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Communication; Embodied cognition; Plant thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942741842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2015.0023     Document Type: Review

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