Meeting Abstract S5-6  Sunday, Jan. 5 11:00 – 11:30  Nature’s weapons of mass reproduction: Ballistic dispersal of seeds and spores WHITAKER, DL; Pomona College dwight.whitaker@pomona.edu Because plants lack locomotion, their only means of colonizing new habitats or escaping disease or predation is through seed and spore dispersal. The most effective methods for dispersal over long distances use […]

Meeting Abstract S5-1  Sunday, Jan. 5 08:15 – 08:30  Introduction to the symposium Müller , UK*; Poppinga, S; California State University Fresno; University of Freiburg, Botanic Garden

Meeting Abstract S5-2  Sunday, Jan. 5 08:30 – 09:00  Functional Surfaces of Insect-trapping Pitcher Plants BAUER, U; University of Bristol ulrike.bauer@bristol.ac.uk https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/persons/ulrike-bauer(a9e410df-5a0f-4831-80e6-33a5de71ec9e).html Pitcher plants do not just solve physical problems – they use physics to solve one of the most existential problems in nature: finding food. Every single part of their pitfall traps is adapted to make […]

Meeting Abstract S5-9  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:30  Efficiency of odor capture by multiscale pectinate insect antennae JAFFAR-BANDJEE, M; STEINMANN, T; KRIJNEN, G; CASAS, J*; University of Tours; CNRS; University of Twente; University of Tours casas@univ-tours.fr While the pectinate antennae of silk moths and other insect groups are considered as the paragon of sensitivity to sexual […]

Meeting Abstract S5-11  Sunday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:30  Design principles of Fluid Force and Moment Platforms for biological locomotion studies LENTINK, D*; CHIN, D.D. ; HIGHTOWER, B.J.; INGERSOLL, R.; Stanford; Stanford; Stanford; Stanford dlentink@stanford.edu One of the key challenges in studying the biomechanics of organisms moving in fluids is measuring the instantaneous fluid force and moment […]

Meeting Abstract S5-3  Sunday, Jan. 5 09:00 – 09:30  Adhesive Performance of Tropical Arboreal Ants on Canopy Substrates STARK, A Y*; YANOVIAK, S P; Villanova University; University of Louisville and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute alyssa.stark@villanova.edu http://www.alyssaystark.com The surface characteristics of forest canopy substrates are highly variable over relatively small temporal and spatial scales. Substrates often differ in […]

Meeting Abstract S5-10  Sunday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 15:00  Abstraction of Slow and Fast Plant Movement Principles for the Technical Transfer into Biomimetic Motile Structures POPPINGA, S*; SPECK, T; Botanic Garden, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Botanic Garden, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany simon.poppinga@biologie.uni-freiburg.de http://www.botanischer-garten.uni-freiburg.de/mitarbeiter/pbg/simonpoppinga Plants can move organs or organ parts (e.g. […]

Meeting Abstract S5-7  Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 – 12:00  A Filament-like Structure for Flight?: The Ballooning Flight of Spiders CHO, MS*; NEUBAUER, P; FAHRENSON, C; RECHENBERG, I; Technical University of Berlin; Technical University of Berlin; Technical University of Berlin; Bionics and Evolution Techniques m.cho@campus.tu-berlin.de Many flying insects utilize a membranous structure for flight, which is known as […]

Meeting Abstract S3-3  Saturday, Jan. 4 09:00 – 09:30  What is homodonty? COHEN, K.E*; WELLER, H.I; SUMMERS, A.P; University of Washington ; Brown University ; University of Washington kecohen@uw.edu Homodonty and heterodonty attempt to capture tooth battery morphology as it relates to prey processing. Homodont teeth are similar in shape or size and assumed to perform a […]

Meeting Abstract S3-9  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:30  The origin of chewing in mammals required rolling of the jaw and involved broad continuity in molar form and function BHULLAR, B.-A.S.*; MANAFZADEH, A.R.; MIYAMAE, J.A.; HOFFMAN, E.A.; BRAINERD, E.L.; MUSINSKY, C.; CROMPTON, A.W.; Yale University; Brown U niversity; Yale University; American Museum of Natural History; Brown University; […]