Plant Biomechanics. An Engineering Approach to Plant Form and Function. 1992.illustr. XIII,607 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Contents (partly): Some Biological and Philosophical Preliminaries/The Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Types of Forces and Their ForceComponents/ Different Responses to Applied Forces/ Stresses/ Strains/Poisson's Ratios/ The Material Moduli of Isotropic Materials/ TheElastic Modulus: The Relation between Normal Stresses and Strains/ TheShear Modulus: The Relation between Shear Stresses and Shear Strains/etc.)/ The Effect of Geometry on Mechanical Behavior/ Plant-WaterRelations/ Plant Cell Walls/ The Mechanical Behavior of Tissues/ TheMechanical Attributes of Organs/ The Plant Body/ Fluid Mechanics/Biomechanics and Plant Evolution/ Glossary/ References/ Author Index/Subject Index.