Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and PlantsAnthony Herrel, Thomas Speck, Nicholas P. Rowe We live in a well-engineered universe. This engineering is present in every system and organism in existence, including in the actions and interactions of plants and animals. In fact, one could say that the function and movement of plants and animals is just as much a part of their makeup as chlorophyll and fiber or bone and blood. Consequently, if |
Contents
Diversity of Mechanical Architectures in Climbing Plants An Ecological Perspective | 35 |
The Role of Blade Buoyancy and Reconfiguration in the Mechanical Adaptation of the Southern Bullkelp Durvillaea | 61 |
Murray8217s Law and the Vascular Architecture of Plants | 85 |
Plant8211Animal Mechanics and Bite Procurement in Grazing Ruminants | 101 |
Biomechanics of Salvia Flowers The Role of Lever and Flower Tube in Specialization on Pollinators | 123 |
Do Plant Waxes Make Insect Attachment Structures Dirty? Experimental Evidence for the Contamination Hypothesis | 147 |
Ecology and Biomechanics of Slippery Wax Barriers and Wax Running in Macaranga8211Ant Mutualisms | 163 |
Nectar Feeding in LongProboscid Insects | 185 |
Biomechanics and Behavioral Mimicry in Insects | 213 |
Interindividual Variation in the Muscle Physiology of Vertebrate Ectotherms Consequences for Behavioral and Ecological Performance | 231 |
Power Generation during Locomotion in Anolis Lizards An Ecomorphological Approach | 253 |
Implications of Microbial Motility on Water Column Ecosystems | 271 |
The Biomechanics of Ecological Speciation | 301 |
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