Publications

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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Isnard, S. & Silk, W. 2009. Invited paper.Moving with climbing plants from Charles Darwin’s time into the 21st century. American Journal of Botany. 96(7): 1205–1221. URL

Publications

2. Isnard, S., Cobb, A. R., Holbrook, N. M., Zwieniecki, M and Dumais, J. 2009. Tensioning the helix: a mechanism for force generation in twining plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276: 2643-2650. PDF - URL

3. N. Rowe & Isnard, S. Invited Article Addendum. Biomechanics of climbing palms and how they climb. Plant Signaling and Behavior. 4 (9). URL.

4. Isnard, S. & Rowe, N. P. 2008. The climbing habit in palms: biomechanics of the cirrus and flagellum. American Journal of Botany 95: 1538-1547. PDF - URL

5. Isnard, S. & Rowe, N. P. 2008. Mechanical role of the leaf sheath in rattans. New Phytologist. 77: 643-652. PDF - URL

6. Isnard, S. 2006. Biomechanics and development of rattans: What is special about Plectocomia himalayana. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 151: 83-91. (Calamoideae-Plectocomiinae)? The Palms: an International Symposium on the Biology of the Palm Family. PDF - URL

7. Isnard, S., Speck, T., Rowe, N. P. 2005. Biomechanics and development of the climbing habit in two species of the South American Palm genus Desmoncus (Arecaceae). American Journal of Botany 92: 1444-1456. PDF - URL

8. Rowe, N. P., Isnard, S., Speck, T. 2004. Diversity of mechanical architecture in climbing plants: an evolutionary perspective. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 23: 108-128. URL

9. Isnard, S., Speck, T., Rowe, N. P. 2003. Mechanical architecture and development in different growth forms of Clematis L.: implications for canalised evolution of growth forms. New Phytologist 158: 543-559. PDF - URL

10. Isnard, S., Rowe, N. P., Speck, T. 2003. Growth habit and mechanical architecture of the sand dune-adapted climber Clematis flammula var. maritima L. Annals of Botany 91: 407-417. PDF - URL

BOOK CHAPTER

11. Rowe, N. P, Isnard, S., Gallenmüller, F., Speck, T. 2006. Diversity of mechanical architectures in climbing plants: an ecological perspective. Dans: Ecology and biomechanics: A mechanical approach to the ecology of animals and plants. Eds. Herrel, A. Speck, T. & Rowe, N. P. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. pp 35-59.