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(American Journal of Botany. 2006;93:1369-1378.)
© 2006 Botanical Society of America, Inc.

Physiology and Biochemistry

Plant biomechanics: an overview and prospectus1

Karl J. Niklas5, Hanns-Christof Spatz and Julian Vincent

2Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA; 3Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg D-79104, Germany; 4Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

ABSTRACT

We provide a brief overview of the articles appearing in this special issue and place them in the context of the long history of the study of plant biomechanics and what we judge to be the next major intellectual and/or technological challenges in this field.

Key Words: algae • biomimetics • cell walls • dynamic wind loads • fracture mechanics • mechanical properties • mechanoperception • static loads • trees • wood






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