A5055762476- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Economic theories and models
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Cuban History and Society
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
2002-2025
Université de Montpellier
2013-2025
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2018-2025
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2013-2025
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
2021-2025
University of Auckland
2025
UMR Botanique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des végétations
2013-2024
Institut Agro Montpellier
2021-2024
Carleton University
1987-2019
University of Lapland
2018
Self-growing robots are an emerging solution in soft robotics for navigating, exploring, and colonizing unstructured environments. However, their ability to grow move heterogeneous three-dimensional (3D) spaces, comparable with real-world conditions, is still developing. We present autonomous growing robot that draws inspiration from the behavioral adaptive strategies of climbing plants navigate The mimics plants' apical shoot sense coordinate additive growth via embedded manufacturing...
▪ Abstract The Siluro-Devonian primary radiation of land biotas is the terrestrial equivalent much-debated Cambrian “explosion” marine faunas. Both show hallmarks novelty radiations (phenotypic diversity increases much more rapidly than species across an ecologically undersaturated and thus low-competition landscape), both ended with formation evolutionary ecological frameworks analogous to those modern ecosystems. Profound improvements in understanding early plant evolution reflect recent...
Major reforestation programs have been initiated on hillsides prone to erosion and landslides in China, but no framework exists guide managers the choice of plant species. We developed such a based suitability given traits for fixing soil steep slopes western Yunnan, China. examined utility 55 native exotic species with regard services they provided. then chose nine differing life form. Plant root system architecture, mechanical physiological were measured at two adjacent field sites. One...
• Several epidermal microstructures characterize surfaces of pitcher plants and are presumably involved in their trapping function. Here we report the effects Nepenthes alata on insect locomotion efficiency. The architectural designs were characterized using scanning electron microscopy. Two species – fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster) ant (Iridomyrmex humilis) tested for ability to remain walk them. relative contributions various structures quantified. Pitchers very effective traps both...
Plant and animal biomechanists have much in common. Although their frame of reference differs, they think about the natural world similar ways. While researchers studying animals might explore airflow around flapping wings, actuation muscles arms legs, or material properties spider silk, plants flow water fluttering seaweeds, grasping ability climbing vines, wood. Here we summarize recent studies plant biomechanics highlighting several current research themes field: expulsion high-speed...
Plants have evolved many capabilities to anchor, position their stems and leaves favourably, adapt themselves different environmental conditions by virtue of growing. Selenicereus setaceus is a cactus an impressive example climbing plant found mostly in the Atlantic forest formations southern Brazil. This displays striking changes stem geometry along stages growth: older parts are circular while younger star-like shape. Such transformation shape optimizes its flexural rigidity allows search...
A striking feature of early angiosperm lineages is the variety life forms and growth forms, which ranges from herbs, aquatic climbers, epiphytes to woody shrubs trees. This morphological anatomical diversity arguably one factors explaining how angiosperms dominate many ecosystems worldwide. However, just such a wide spectrum has evolved in remains unclear. In this review, we investigate patterns form diversification Piperales, an early-diverging lineage (with stem age estimated at 201–128...
Tropical rain forests (TRF) are the most diverse terrestrial biome on Earth, but diversification dynamics of their constituent growth forms remain largely unexplored. Climbing plants contribute significantly to species diversity and ecosystem processes in TRF. We investigate broad-scale patterns drivers richness as well history climbing non-climbing palms (Arecaceae). quantify what extent macroecological related contemporary climate, forest canopy height paleoclimatic changes. test whether...
Life history strategies of most organisms are constrained by resource allocation patterns that follow a 'slow-fast continuum'. It opposes slow growing and long-lived with late investment in reproduction to those grow faster, have earlier larger reproductive effort short longevity. In plants, the Leaf Economics Spectrum (LES) depicts leaf-level trade-off between rate carbon assimilation leaf lifespan, as stressed functional ecology from interspecific comparative studies. However, it is still...
As a multi-sensorial recreational activity, dance provides significant means of contributing to transcultural competence within super-diverse urban environments. Creative, physical interactions can involve subtle and yet deeply sensual encounters between strangers, advance cultural democracy. Amongst dynamic evolving population groups, the formation new understandings through such collaborative activity enable an ongoing diversification diversity, in ways that often transcend more prescribed...
ABSTRACT Lianas are important components of tropical forest diversity and dynamics, yet little is known about the drivers their community structure composition. Combining extensive field LiDAR data, we investigated influence local topography, structure, tree composition on liana floristic functional composition, in a moist northern Republic Congo. We inventoried all lianas ≥ 1 cm diameter 144 20 × 20‐m quadrats located four 9‐ha permanent plots, where trees giant herbs were inventoried....
SUMMARY Carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes grow in nutrient-poor habitats and have evolved specialised trapping organs, known as pitchers. These are composed different surface zones serving functions attraction, capture digestion insects, which represent a main source nitrogen. To investigate role glandular digestive zone mechanism pitcher, structural, mechanical physico-chemical studies were applied to N. ventrata combined with insect behavioural experiments. It was found that is...
Mechanical analyses were carried out on stem segments representing young to old ontogenetic stages of a mature specimen the tropical liana Condylocarpon guianense (Apocynaceae). Two-, three-, and four-point bending tests demonstrated that during ontogeny, Young's modulus (E) decreased from mean 2722 MN m-2 in early characterized by twigs crown 306 older stages, including main vertically orientated axis extending ground. This trend is consistent with observed among other tested lianas. The...
Mechanical perturbation is known to inhibit elongation of the inflorescence stem Arabidopsis thaliana. The phenomenon has been reported widely for both herbaceous and woody plants, implications how plants adjust their size form survive in mechanically perturbed environments. While this response an important aspect plant's architecture, little about mechanical properties are modified or its primary secondary tissues respond perturbation. Plants Columbia-0 ecotype were exposed controlled...
A large range of growth forms is a notable aspect angiosperm diversity and arguably key element their success. However, few studies within phylogenetic context have explored how anatomical, developmental, biomechanical traits are linked with form evolution. Aristolochia (∼500 species) consists predominantly climbers, but handful shrub-like species known from subgenus Isotrema (hereafter, shortened to Isotrema). We test hypotheses proposing that the establishment functional lianescence might...
Conferences are generally felt to facilitate knowledge exchange and interactions between delegates, support formative higher education continued professional education. However, the motivations needs of conference delegates sparsely researched subjective in nature. This paper presents a mixed method analysis academic, scientific (ASP) conferences. A series 16 expert interviews were conducted with randomly selected international sample established academic faculty. The results...
Root mechanical traits, including tensile strength (Tr), strain (εr) and modulus of elasticity (Er), are key functional traits that help characterize plant anchorage the physical contribution vegetation to landslides erosion. The variability in these is high among tree fine roots poorly understood. Here, we explore variation root as well their underlying links with morphological (diameter), architectural (topological order) anatomical (stele cortex sizes) traits. We investigated four...