Reconfiguration as a prerequisite for survival in highly unstable flow-dominated habitats

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-107

  Harder, Deane L ^a   Speck, Olga ^a   Hurd, Catriona L ^b   Speck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Drag force; Flow exposure; Linear velocity dependency; Reconfiguration; Streamlining; Vogel number

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LOADS (FORCES); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DRAG FORCE; FLOW EXPOSURE; LINEAR VELOCITY DEPENDENCY; RECONFIGURATION; STREAMLINING; VOGEL NUMBER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCE; MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

ALGAE; ARUNDO DONAX; DURVILLAEA;

EID: 23944517297     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-004-0043-1     Document Type: Article

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