Safety and streamlining of woody shoots in wind: An empirical study across 39 species in tropical Australia

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-149

  Butler, Don W ^a,b   Gleason, Sean M ^a   Davidson, Ian ^a   Onoda, Yusuke ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomechanics; Streamlining; Wind; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; RUPTURE; STIFFNESS; TROPICAL REGION; WIND FORCING; WOOD; WOODY PLANT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WIND; WOOD; YOUNG MODULUS;

AUSTRALIA; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT SHOOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WIND; WOOD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82955212930     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03887.x     Document Type: Article

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