Publications 2000 – 2011

 

Books :

Spatz, H.-CH. and Th. Speck (2000): Plant Biomechanics 2000: Proceedings of the 3rd Plant Biomechanics Conference Freiburg-Badenweiler, Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart

Niklas, K. J. and H.-Ch. Spatz (2011): Plant Physics. Chicago University Press, in press

 

Publications (no abstracts) :

Beismann, H., Wilhelmi, H., Baillres, H., Spatz, H.-CH., Bogenrieder, A. and T. Speck (2000): Brittleness of twig bases in the genus Salix - fracture mechanics and ecological relevance. J. Exp. Bot., 51, 617-633

 

Kšhler, L., Speck, T. and H.-CH. Spatz (2000): Micromechanics and anatomical changes during early ontogeny of two lianescent Aristolochia species. Planta, 210, 691-700

      

Kšhler, L. (2000): Biphasic mechanical behaviour of plant tissues. Mat Sci Eng, C11, 51-56

 

Kšhler, L. (2000): Biomechanische Eigenschaften und ihr Einflu§ auf das mechanische Verhalten von Aristolochia macrophylla und Aristolochia brasiliensis. BIONA report 14, 148-152

 

Niklas, K.J. and H.-CH. Spatz (2000): Wind-induced stresses in cherry trees: Evidence against the hypothesis of constant stress levels. Trees, Structure and Function, 14, 230-237

 

Spatz, H.-CH. and F. BrŸchert (2000): Basic Biomechanics of Self-Supporting Plants: Wind loads and gravitational loads on a Norway spruce tree. Forest Ecology and Management, 135, 33-44

 

Speck, O. und V. FŠssler (2000): SchwingungsdŠmpfung bei pflanzlichen Achsen-Schwingungsanalysen von Arundo donax und Carex pendula. BIONA report 14, 31-38

 

Speck, O., Speck, T. and H.-CH. Spatz (2000): Arundo donax as a damped harmonic oscillator. BIONA report 14, 143-147

 

Ennos, A.R., Spatz, H.-CH. and T. Speck (2000): The Functional Morphology of the Petioles of the Banana Musa textilis. J. Exp. Bot., 51, 2085-2093

 

Spatz, H.-CH. (2000): Greenhill's formula for the critical Euler buckling length revisited. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Plant Biomechanics Conference, (H.-CH. Spatz and T. Speck, eds.), Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart, 30-37

 

Speck, O. and H.-CH. Spatz (2000): Oscillation and damping behaviour of the giant reed Arundo donax. Proceedings of the 3rd Plant Biomechanics Conference (H.-CH. Spatz and T. Speck (eds.), Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart, 39-44

 

Niklas, K.J. and H.-CH. Spatz (2000): Response to Klaus Mattheck's letter. Trees, 15, 64-65

 

Speck, T. and H.-CH Spatz (2001): Transkription oder Translation: Pflanzen als Ideengeber fŸr neue Materialien und technische Leichtbaustrukturen. In: BIONIK - …kologische Technik nach dem Vorbild der Natur ? (A. v. Gleich, Hrsg.) B.G. Teubner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2. Auflage

 

Spatz, H.-CH. (2001): Sicherheitsfaktoren in der Biomechanik von BŠumen. Jahrbuch der Baumpflege 2001. Bernhard thalacker Verlag, Braunschweig, 164-170

      

Spatz, H.-CH. (2001): Sicherheitsfaktoren in der Biomechanik von BŠumen (Kurzfassung). Landschaftsarchtektur 31, Heft 2, 29-32

 

Speck, T., O. Speck and H.-CH. Spatz (2001): Pflanzen als "Ideengeber" fŸr die Technik. BIONA report 15, 187-202

 

Spatz, H.-CH. and J. Zebrowski (2001): Oscillation Frequencies of Plant Stems with Apical Loads. Planta, 214, 215-219

 

Spatz, H.-CH. and O. Speck (2002): Oscillation frequencies of tapered plant stems. Am J Bot 89, 1-11

      

Kšhler, L. and H.-CH. Spatz (2002): Micromechanics of plant tissues beyond the linear elastic range. Planta, 215, 33-40

 

Speck, T., Rowe,N., Civeyrel,L., Cla§en-Bockhoff, R., Neinhuis, C. and Spatz, H.-Ch. (2003): The potential of plant biomechanics in functional biology and systematics. In: T. Stuessey, F. Hšrandl & V. Mayer (eds.), Deep Morphology: Toward a Renaissance of Morphology in Plant Systematics. Koeltz, Kšnigstein. Chapter 12, pp.: 241 - 271.

 

BrŸchert, F., Spatz, H.-CH, and O. Speck (2003): Oscillations of plant stems and their damping: theory and experiments. Phil. Trans. R. Soc., London B 358, 1487 - 1492.

 

Speck, O. and H.-CH. Spatz (2003a): Mechanical properties of the rhizome of Arundo donax. Plant Biology 5, 661-669.

 

Pfisterer J.A., Spatz H:-CH.., Erforth D. and H. Marten (2003): Untersuchungen zur Biegebruchfestigkeit von Astgabeln der Hasel (Corylus avellana L.). In: Dujesiefken D., Kockerbeck P. (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Baumpflege 2003; Braunschweig (Thalacker Verlag), 255 - 268.

 

Spatz, H.-CH. (2003): Kronensicherung und Auffangsicherung: ein Kommentar zur ZTV - Baumpflege, 2001, Tabelle 1 des Anhangs. Stadt und GrŸn 52, 43-45.

 

Speck, O. and H.-CH. Spatz (2004): Damped oscillations of the giant reed Arundo donax. Am J Bot 91, 789-796.

 

Spatz, H.-CH., A. Emanns (2004): The mechanical role of the endodermis in Equisetum plant stems. Am J Bot 91, 1936-1938.

 

Bargel, H., H.-CH. Spatz, T. Speck and C. Neinhuis (2004): Two dimensional tension tests in plant biomechanics - sweet cherry fruit skin as a model system. PLANT BIOLOGY 6, 432-439..

 

Spatz, H.-CH., Emanns A. and O. Speck (2004): The structural basis of oscillation damping in plant stems. Journal of Bionics Engineering 1, 149-158.

 

Niklas, K. J. and H.-CH. Spatz.  2004.  Growth and hydraulic (not mechanical) constraints govern the scaling of tree height and mass.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101: 15 661 - 15 663.

 

Niklas, K. J. and H.-CH. Spatz (2006): Allometric Theory and the Mechanical Stability of Large Trees: Proof and Conjecture. Am J Bot 93, 824 - 828.

 

Spatz, H.-CH., F. BrŸchert and J. Pfisterer (2006): How do Trees Escape Dangerously Large Oscillations? In: Proceedings of the 5th Plant Biomechanics Conference, (L. Salmen, ed.), 275 – 280.

 

Pfisterer, J. and H.-CH. Spatz (2006): Biomechanical behaviour of branch junctions. In: Proceedings of the 5th Plant Biomechanics Conference, (L. Salmen, ed.), 61 - 66.

 

Niklas, K. J., H.-CH. Spatz and J. Vincent (2006): Plant Biomechanics: An Overview and Perspective. Am J Bot 93, 1369 - 1378.

 

Spatz, H.-CH., F. BrŸchert und J. Pfisterer (2007a): Wie reagieren BŠume auf dynamische Windlasten oder wie kšnnen BŠume einer Resonanzkatastrophe entgehen? Jahrbuch der Baumpflege 2007; Braunschweig (Thalacker Verlag), 260 - 269.

 

Spatz, H.-CH., F. BrŸchert and J. Pfisterer (2007b): Multiple resonance damping or how do Trees Escape Dangerously Large Oscillations? Am J Bot, 94, 1603 - 1611.

 

Pfisterer J. und H.-CH. Spatz (2008): Anatomische und biomechanische Eigenschaften von Achselholz. Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung 12, 632 – 635.

 

Niklas, K. J., E. D. Cobb, and H.-CH. Spatz (2009): Predicting the Allometry of Leaf Surface Area and Dry Mass. Am J Bot 96, 531 - 536.

 

Pfisterer J. und H.-CH. Spatz (2010): Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Windlast und Schwingungsverhalten von Baumkronen - aktuelle Untersuchungsergebnisse. Jahrbuch der Baumpflege 2010; Braunschweig (Thalacker Verlag), 85 – 104.

 

Niklas, K. J. and H.CH. Spatz (2010): Worldwide Correlations of Mechanical Properties and Green Wood Density. Am. J. Botany 97, 1587 – 1594.

 

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