Herrel, A., T. Speck & N.P. Rowe. Eds. 2006. Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants. – Boca Raton, CRC Taylor & Francis

Abstract

‘Ecology and Biomechanics’ is an edited volume of papers mostly derived from the proceedings of a Society for Experimental Biology symposium with the same title held in Edinburgh, U.K. in April 2004. Over the years, journals like American Zoologist (now known as Integrative and Comparative Biology) and series like those published by the Society for Experimental Biology have provided the scientific community with thorough reviews of the most up–to–date research going on in various specialized fields of biology. As any reader of Integrative and Comparative Biology or SEB Symposia volumes knows, these collected papers are often full of insight into methods and unique, but pertinent questions that encourage all of us to think “outside the box”. Though sometimes these symposium volumes can be too specialized to be useful to one’s own research, they are tantalizing because they make us recognize the variety and breadth by which people with different abilities and views can tackle similar questions and ultimately get further by this diversity than if they acted alone. Read more...