Ecology and Biomechanics (eBook, PDF)

A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants
Redaktion: Herrel, Anthony; Rowe, Nicholas P.; Speck, Thomas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420001594
• Artikelnr.: 52853838

Autorenporträt

Anthony Herrel, Thomas Speck, Nicholas P. Rowe

Inhaltsangabe

Tree Biomechanics and Growth Strategies in the Context of Forest Functional
Ecology. Diversity of Mechanical Architectures in Climbing Plants: An
Ecological Perspective. The Role of Blade Buoyancy and Reconfiguration in
the Mechanical Adaptation of the Southern Bullkelp Durvillaea. Murray's Law
and the Vascular Architecture of Plants. Plant-Animal Mechanics and Bite
Procurement in Grazing Ruminants. Biomechanics of Salvia Flowers: The Role
of Lever and Flower Tube in Specialization on Pollinators. Do Plant Waxes
Make Insect Attachment Structures Dirty: Experimental Evidences for the
Contamination-Hypothesis. Ecology and Biomechanics of Slippery Wax Barriers
and Waxrunning to Macarange-ant Mutualisms. Nectar Feeding in
Long-Proboscid Insects. Biomechanics and Behavioral Mimicry in Insects.
Inter-individual Variation in the Muscle Physiology of Vertebrate
Ectotherms: Consequences for Behavioral and Ecological Performance. Power
Generation during Locomotion in Anolis Lizards: An Ecomorphological
Approach. Implications of Microbial Motility on the Water Column
Ecosystems. The Biomechanics of Ecological Speciation.