Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical inspiration from the plant world

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 888-907

  Martone, Patrick T ^a   Boiler, Michael ^b   Burgert, Ingo ^c   Dumais, Jacques ^d   Edwards, Joan ^e   MacH, Katharine ^f   Rowe, Nick ^g   Rueggeberg, Markus ^c   Seidel, Robin ^h   Speck, Thomas ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWEED; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOMECHANICS; CORNUS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SEAWEED; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 79952216231     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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