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Nicholas ROWE

Biomechanics of plants

Ecology

Evolution

Growth form biodiversity

There are many different plant growth forms on the planet including herbs, trees, vines, lianas, epiphytes and aquatics. Different growth forms have different physical and mechanical constraints, for example self-supporting trees and shrubs need quite different biomechanical organisations than the vines, lianas and epiphytes that grow on them.

Our main objectives are to understand how different plant growth forms have evolved such a bewildering array of biomechanical structures and strategies. We wish to discover how these traits have adapted in wide ranging habitats and by many different plant groups from mosses to flowering plants.

Our research focuses mainly on tropical plant diversity particularly in South America, Madagascar and South East Asia. However, another part of our research is based on plants from the fossil record. Combining our studies on the biomechanics of both living and extinct plants is a powerful way of understanding how the world’s plant diversity has evolved and how it changes.

Our studies are based on field work using a range of techniques and measuring devices as well as detailed analyses back in the AMAP biomechanics lab here at Montpellier in the South of France.

 

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Dr. Nick Rowe – Directeur de Recherche CNRS (DR-2)

Botanique et Bioinformatique de l’architecture des plantes – AMAP

Equipe: Architecture, fonctionnement et évolution des plantes

Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A-51 / PS2, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5

e-mail: nrowe@cirad.fr

office: (0033) (0)467617553

fax: (0033) (0)467615668

Education

1986 Ph.D. University of Bristol, UK

1982 …

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Publications

Journal articles & book chapters

[83] Isnard, S., Prosperi, J., Rowe, N.P., Wagner, S., Trueba, S., Frenzke, L., Samain, M.-S., Neinhuis, C. and Wanke, S., (2011). Growth form evolution in Piperales and its relevance for understanding the angiosperm diversification – An integrative approach combining plant architecture, anatomy and biomechanics. International Journal of Plant Science. (In …

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