| Description |
1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Tree biomechanics and growth strategies in the context of forest functional ecology / Meriem Fournier [and others] -- Diversity of mechanical architectures in climbing plants : an ecological perspective / Nicholas P. Rowe --- [and others] -- The role of blade buoyancy and reconfiguration in the mechanical adaptation of the southern bullkelp Durvillaea / Deane L. Harder [and others] -- Murray's law and the vascular architecture of plants / Katherine A. McCulloh and John S. Sperry -- Plant-animal mechanics and bite procurement in grazing ruminants / Wendy M. Griffiths -- Biomechanics of Salvia flowers : the role of lever and flower tube in specialization on pollinators / Martin Reith, Regine Classen-Bockhoff, and Thomas Speck -- Do plant waxes make insect attachment structures dirty? Experimental evidence for the contamination hypothesis / Elena Gorb and Stanislav Gorb -- Ecology and biomechanics of slippery wax barriers and wax running in Macaranga-ant mutualisms / Walter Federle and Tanja Bruening -- Nectar feeding in long-proboscid insects / Brendan J. Borrell and Harald W. Krenn -- Biomechanics and behavioral mimicry in insects / Yvonne Golding and Roland Ennos -- Interindividual variation in the muscle physiology of vertebrate ectotherms : consequences for behavioral and ecological performance / Carlos A. Navas, Rob S. James, and Robbie S. Wilson -- Power generation during locomotion in Anolis lizards : an ecomorphological approach / Bieke Vanhooydonck [and others] -- Implications of microbial motility on water column ecosystems / Karen K. Christensen-Dalsgaard -- The biomechanics of ecological speciation / Jeffrey Podos and Andrew P. Hendry |
| Summary |
Containing 14 papers from international researchers, this volume illustrates how biomechanical approaches can provide insight into ecological and evolutionary questions. A sampling of topics includes Murray's Law and the vascular architecture of plants; plant-animal mechanics and bite procurement in grazing ruminants; and power generation during lo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ecology.
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Biomechanics.
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Animals
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Biomechanical Phenomena
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Ecology
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Plants
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ecology.
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vegetation.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Biomechanics
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Ecology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Herrel, Anthony
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Speck, Thomas
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Rowe, Nick P
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| LC no. |
2005024415 |
| ISBN |
1420001590 |
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9781420001594 |
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9781466521643 |
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1466521643 |
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9780429122323 |
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0429122322 |
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0849332095 |
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9780849332098 |
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