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Biological Sciences

Front Cover
Preface
Editors
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Tree Biomechanics and Growth Strategies in the Context of Forest Functional Ecology
Chapter 2: Diversity of Mechanical Architectures in Climbing Plants: An Ecological Perspective
Chapter 3: The Role of Blade Buoyancy and Reconfiguration in the Mechanical Adaptation of the Southern Bullkelp Durvillaea
Chapter 4: Murray’s Law and the Vascular Architecture of Plants
Chapter 5: Plant–Animal Mechanics and Bite Procurement in Grazing Ruminants
Chapter 6: Biomechanics of Salvia Flowers: The Role of Lever and Flower Tube in Specialization on Pollinators
Chapter 7: Do Plant Waxes Make Insect Attachment Structures Dirty? Experimental Evidence for the Contamination Hypothesis
Chapter 8: Ecology and Biomechanics of Slippery Wax Barriers and Wax Running in Macaranga–Ant Mutualisms
Chapter 9: Nectar Feeding in Long-Proboscid Insects
Chapter 10: Biomechanics and Behavioral Mimicry in Insects
Chapter 11: Interindividual Variation in the Muscle Physiology of Vertebrate Ectotherms: Consequences for Behavioral and Ecological Performance
Chapter 12: Power Generation during Locomotion in Anolis Lizards: An Ecomorphological Approach
Chapter 13: Implications of Microbial Motility on Water Column Ecosystems
Chapter 14: The Biomechanics of Ecological Speciation
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